Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Science

Genetics

Contact: Associate Professor Steve McKechnie (School of Biological Sciences)

The discipline

Genetics is the study of genes - their structure, function, transmission and evolution. It lies at the centre of biology because the same genetic principles apply to microbes, plants, animals and humans.

Sequence requirements

Minor sequence in genetics (24 points):

• BIO1011 and either BIO1022 or BIO1042, and
• any two of GEN2041, GEN2052, GEN3031*, GEN3041/GEN3042*, GEN3051* or GEN3062*.

Major sequence in genetics (48 points):

• BIO1011 and either BIO1022 or BIO1042, and
• GEN2041 and GEN2052, and
• any four of GEN3031, GEN3041/GEN3042, GEN3051, GEN3062* or MOL2011.

Details of these units and a full list of related units are provided in the `Biological sciences' entry in this section of the handbook.

* This unit has level-two prerequisites beyond those listed at level two.

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