Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
Course code
MLB6058.LT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Geneetika ning evolutsiooniteooria alused
Course title in English
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
ECTS credits
3.0
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Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Biology (with minor) and basic school teacher training subject. To develop subject knowledge of genetics and evolutionary theory for teaching basic school biology:
- modern knowledge of genetics, including the basics of molecular and population genetics, variability and heredity;
- modern understanding of the basics of evolutionary theory, mechanisms of evolution, speciation and human evolution.
- modern knowledge of genetics, including the basics of molecular and population genetics, variability and heredity;
- modern understanding of the basics of evolutionary theory, mechanisms of evolution, speciation and human evolution.
Brief description of the course
An overview of the development of the laws and research methods of modern genetics is given. Mendel's laws, inheritance of traits, sex determination and sex-linked traits, genotype and phenotype. Molecular bases of heredity. The concept of a gene and the expression of genes. Variability and its types: gene, chromosome and genome mutations. Mutagens and mutagenesis. Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis. Cell death. Human genetics, embryonic and postembryonic development. Basic principles of bioevolution, mechanisms and evidence of evolution, natural selection, adaptation and adaptation, speciation, micro- and macroevolution. The development of life on Earth. Human evolution.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and explains the basics and laws of genetics in teaching;
- has an idea of the cellular and molecular basis of heredity, human genetics and embryonic development;
- explains the application of molecular genetics in biotechnology and genetic engineering;
- explains the basic principles of the modern synthetic theory of evolution and the biological mechanisms of the evolutionary process;
- explains the development of life on Earth, the evolutionary nature of speciation and relationships between organisms, and human evolution.
- knows and explains the basics and laws of genetics in teaching;
- has an idea of the cellular and molecular basis of heredity, human genetics and embryonic development;
- explains the application of molecular genetics in biotechnology and genetic engineering;
- explains the basic principles of the modern synthetic theory of evolution and the biological mechanisms of the evolutionary process;
- explains the development of life on Earth, the evolutionary nature of speciation and relationships between organisms, and human evolution.
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