Advanced Genetics
Advanced Genetics provides professional-level training in genetic mechanisms and analysis, focusing on genetic transmission, variation, and their connections to other genetics areas.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Apply advanced genetic and genomic thinking to scientific problems.
Define the differences between asexual and sexual inheritance and the associated situations in which each may be beneficial.
Articulate the impact of fundamental genetic processes, such as mutation and recombination, on genetic transmission, genetic variation, and organismal function.
Define key concepts regarding the structure of genomes and comparative genomics.
Explain the impact of evolutionary forces on genetic variation and transmission.
Identify modern methods for analyzing genetic variation and its connection to trait variation.
Read with clarity, critically evaluate, and discuss historical and modern primary scientific literature related to genetic variation and transmission.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Genetics PhD
- Declared in Genetics PhD
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- Declared in Genetics PhD
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics
- Genetic mechanisms and analysis
- Genetic transmission and genetic variation
- Genome structure and comparative genomics
- Evolutionary forces on genetic variation
Skills
- Apply advanced genetic and genomic thinking to scientific problems
- Identify modern methods for analyzing genetic variation and its connection to trait variation
- Critically evaluate and discuss historical and modern primary scientific literature
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