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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Genetics: The Fundamentals

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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How do we know what we know about heredity? Enhance your scientific thinking and experimental design skills with this in-depth adventure through genetics.

Syllabus

  • How to appreciate the applications of genetics to everyday life.
  • How to apply terminology appropriately to concepts in genetics.
  • How to justify the use of specific techniques and methods for answering different genetic questions.
  • How to design genetic crosses to make conclusions about genotypes, modes of inheritance, and linkage.
  • How to use a quantitative approach to determine different genetic probabilities and calculate genetic distances.
  • How to interpret genetic relationships and modes of inheritance of a trait given a pedigree.

Taught by

Michael T. Hemann, Peter Reddien, Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Darcy Gordon, Caitlin Friend, and Mingyu Yang

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