AGRY 32000

Genetics
Rainey Summer 2023

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About the Course
AGRY 320 is a rigorous, upper-level genetics course introducing the fundamental principles of modern genetics to students with diverse interests. An introduction to a fascinating area of biology, this course presents basic terms, principles, and research methods used in the study of genetics. Students learn about the transmission, distribution, arrangement, and alteration of genetic information and how it functions and is maintained in populations.PREREQUISITES BIOL 110/11, BIOL 110 or 111 + BTNY 110, BIOL 121/131, or BTNY 110 + HORT 301
Course Goals/Learning Objectives
By doing this course well, you will be able to:
  • relate genetic principles to basic biological issues & recall basic genetic terminology
  • describe how the DNA molecule determines genetic information at all scales & apply the principles of inheritance as formulated by Mendel
  • explain what influences genetic variation in populations

AGRY 32000

Course Catalog
AGRY 32000 Genetics

Description
Credit Hours: 3.00. The transmission of heritable traits; probability; genotypic-environmental interactions; chromosomal aberrations; polyploidy; gene mutations; genes in populations; the structure and function of nucleic acids; biochemical genetics; molecular genetics; coding.
3.000 Credit hours
Levels:  Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
Schedule Types:  Distance Learning, Lecture
Offered By:  College of Agriculture
Department:  Agronomy
Course Attributes
Dept Credit, Upper Division
May be offered at any of the following campuses:  West Lafayette
Learning Objectives
1. Deduce and explain which sources of variation in heredity may apply in examples of biological phenomena. 2. Describe units of inheritance at the population, organismal and molecular levels when given information about a trait. 3. Distinguish single gene traits from polygenic traits and the influence of environment when given information about a trait. 4. Describe how selection influences genetic variation at the population level within applied genetic scenarios. 5. Correctly apply basic genetic calculations to solve classical genetic problems and explain the results.
Prerequisites
(Undergraduate level BIOL 11000 Minimum Grade of D- and Undergraduate level BIOL 11100 Minimum Grade of D-) or (Undergraduate level BIOL 11000 Minimum Grade of D- and (Undergraduate level BTNY 21000 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level BTNY 11000 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level BTNY 11100 Minimum Grade of D-) ) or (Undergraduate level BTNY 11000 Minimum Grade of D- and Undergraduate level BTNY 11100 Minimum Grade of D-) or (Undergraduate level BIOL 11100 Minimum Grade of D- and (Undergraduate level BTNY 21000 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level BTNY 11000 Minimum Grade of D-) ) or (Undergraduate level BIOL 12100 Minimum Grade of D- and Undergraduate level BIOL 13100 Minimum Grade of D-) or (Undergraduate level HORT 30100 Minimum Grade of D- and (Undergraduate level BTNY 21000 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level BTNY 11000 Minimum Grade of D-) )