Course Details
Cost
FREE
Upcoming Schedule
- On demand
Course Provider
MIT online courses
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MIT's subjects available on the Web, free of charge. With more than 2,200
courses available, OCW is delivering on the promise of open sharing of
knowledge.
MIT OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of almost all of
MIT's subjects available on the Web, free of charge. With more than 2,200
courses available, OCW is delivering on the promise of open sharing of
knowledge.
Provider Subject Specialization
Humanities
Sciences & Technology
Course Description
This course discusses the principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level of molecules, cells, and multicellular organisms, including humans. The topics include: structure and function of genes, chromosomes and genomes, biological variation resulting from recombination, mutation, and selection, population genetics, use of genetic methods to analyze protein function, gene regulation and inherited disease.
