Students will identify the fundamental concepts of heredity, including Mendelian principles and extensions, structure and replication of chromosomes, gene and chromosomal mutations, gene linkage and chromosome mapping, transcription and translation, regulation of gene expression, mechanisms of mutation, recombination and repair, population genetics, molecular evolution, cloning and recombinant DNA technology, and other contemporary topics. Prerequisite: ENG 1510 and BIO 1570; Prerequisite/Corequisite: CHE 1550 or higher. J occasionally.