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May 23, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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BIO 320 - General Genetics
Integrates classical and molecular approaches to the transmission and expression of biological information. Topics include: Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance; linkage analysis; population genetics; DNA replication, mutation and recombination; gene expression and its regulation; current genetic technology; developmental and cancer genetics, quantitative and complex traits, and relevant ethical issues. Cannot be taken for major credit with BIO 321 (applies to Biology majors Only). This course routinely offers an opportunity to satisfy the Stony Brook Curriculum WRTD and Upper Division Writing Requirements for the Biology and Biochemistry majors. Students who intend to use the writing assignment in this course to satisfy these requirements must register for BIO 459 when they register for BIO 320.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): C or higher in BIO 202 ; and C or higher in MAT 125 or AMS 151 , or completion of MAT 126 or higher, or MPE score of 6+
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