School Of Natural SciencesGeneticsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300623.2
Discipline: GENETICS
Student Contribution Band: NP
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
BI201A.1 - Genetics 2.2
Incompatible Units
300547 - Human Genetics
Prerequisite
300793 Biology B - Cellular Processes OR 300221 Biology 1
About this Unit
The scientific study of heredity is called genetics. Genetics impacts on all aspects of life, including forensic science, agriculture, medicine, law, pharmaceuticals biotechnology, plant and animal breeding, behaviour, biodiversity and even climate change. This unit is designed to introduce the student to a wide range of genetic concepts from Mendel to DNA and genes, from chromosome behaviour to karyotype analysis and from population and quantitative genetics to animal behaviour. The student will investigate the nature and organisation of heredity; the various levels and mechanisms of expression of inheritance, the basis of variation within populations; and the genetic basis of biological evolution.