MOMG 6301 Human Genetics

3 SCH. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the role of human genetics in medicine and to introduce students to the databases that have resulted from the human genome project. Topics to be discussed include: the chromosomal basis for heredity; tools for studying the patterns of single gene inheritance; molecular and biochemical basis for genetic disease; organization and instability of the human genome; human genetic biogeography; common genetic diseases; and genetics of complex diseases. Offered every other spring semester (even years). Letter Grade