This course introduces the basic principles of classical genetics, molecular genetics and epigenetics and explains how biological information is stored and expressed. Students will understand how changes in genetic information (e.g. deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA)) will affect gene function and may lead to diseases and learn about what information can be obtained from deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) sequencing. Topics covered include inheritance, gene structure, expression and regulation, molecular genetic techniques, population and evolutionary genetics, followed by a discussion of the role of epigenetics in biological phenomena.
