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				Nov 04, 2025			
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                  BIOL 344 - Genetics(4 cr) Mechanisms of inheritance, the nature of genes, and genetic systems are examined in relation to the capacities of living systems for continuity, self-regulation, and adaptive change. Molecular, cellular, and organismal reproduction are considered as processes of information storage, transfer, and generation. The development of the gene concept is traced from its origin as a mathematical abstraction, through progressive definition as a unit of nuclear structure and function, to final characterization as nucleic acid.      Prerequisites: BIOL 305 .  
				  
  
			
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