本課程討論了在分子、細胞、多細胞生物層面以及包括人類在內的生物功能的遺傳學原理與應用。主題包括:基因、染色體與基因組的結構和功能;來自於基因重組、突變和篩選的生物變異;族群遺傳學;運用遺傳學的方法分析蛋白質的功能,基因的調控和遺傳性疾病。
This course discusses the principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level of molecules, cells, and multicellular organisms, including humans. The topics include: structure and function of genes, chromosomes and genomes, biological variation resulting from recombination, mutation, and selection, population genetics, use of genetic methods to analyze protein function, gene regulation and inherited disease.