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2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BIO 204 - Introduction to Human Genetics3 Credit(s) DII
Human heredity and the social issues relevant thereto. Genes and the unity, continuity and the diversity of life. The physical basis of heredity: cells, chromosomes and genes. Hereditary transmission. Elements of the nature v. nurture controversy; biosocial implications of human sexuality; hereditary contributions to human intellectual and emotional development; ethnic, racial, and sexual group-related, inherited disorders and genetic screening; gene technology and its bioethical ramifications. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: BIO102 or BIO102B, or BIO103, or BIO 105 or BIO108H, or BIO 115H -BIO 116H , or BIO 121 -BIO 122 , or BIO 121 -BIO 123 , or BIO 122 -BIO 124 , or BIO 131 -BIO 132 , or permission of Department Chairperson.
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