Genetics explores the inheritance and variation of genes. The application of the laws of inheritance can be traced back to the domestication of crops and livestock by our prehistoric ancestors. In recent years, with the breakthroughs in new technologies such as next-generation sequencing and gene editing, the cutting-edge development of genetics is changing rapidly and constantly reshaping our understanding to the relationship between genotype and phenotype. The research of modern genetics plays an important role in molecular breeding of crops, revealing the genetic basis of many complex diseases, and uncovering the molecular mechanisms of basic biological processes.

"Genetics" is a basic course of all life science-related majors, and it is overlapped with many branches of biology, such as molecular biology, developmental biology, and evolutionary biology. This course covers the basic concepts and key knowledge points of genetics, presents the background and significance of key scientific discoveries, integrates the basic knowledge and frontier progress.

This course will help you complete the following goals:

• Understand the basic principles of classical genetics, molecular genetics and population genetics.

• Grasp the basic strategies and methods of genetics research, and improve literature reading ability.

• Have a relatively complete understanding of the history and the frontier of the genetics research.

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•  Introductory Biology

•  Biochemistry

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Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, 6th edition, Benjamin A Pierce, W. H. Freeman