ZOO 352

Fundamentals of Genetics: Branches of genetics; the relationship between genes and characteristics of living organisms; genetics as an experimental science; chromosomal basis of inheritance (chromosomes, mitotic and meiotic divisions and chromosomal theory); Mendelian inheritance; extensions of Mendelian Genetics; Non- Mendelian inheritance; mutations and DNA repair pathways and sex identification in eukaryotes; introduction to recombinant DNA technology and its applications.