GEN 203: ADVANCED GENETIC ANALYSIS IN MODEL ORGANISMS

University of California, Riverside

4 Units, Lecture, 2 hours; discussion, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 102 or equivalent; graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examines essential concepts in modern genetics. Focuses on universal principles of genetic analysis in prokaryotic and eukaryotic model organisms, emphasizing underlying concepts and logic. Develops skills reading primary scientific literature and critical thinking through analysis of landmark papers. Cross-listed with CMDB 203.