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Biology Curriculum

Understand the evolutionary significance of mutations at different levels of complexity. Apply evolutionary theory to understand impacts of mutations on fitness, rates of molecular evolution and genetic control of mutation. ?

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Prerequiste Learning Outcomes
    What the student is assumed to know before learning this outcome.
  • Compare and contrast the fundamental features of mitosis and meiosis with emphasis on the movement of homologous chromosomes during these cellular reproductive processes [BIOL 1010] [BIOL 1030]
  • Define and explain the four evolutionary forces, mutation, selection, drift and migration. [BIOL 2040]
  • Describe and diagram the structure of DNA. [BIOL 2030]
  • Describe how DNA is transcribed to RNA and how RNA is translated into proteins. [BIOL 2030]
  • Interpret genetic and protein variability using detailed knowledge of the genetic code and the processes of transcription and translation. [BIOL 2030]
  • Predict the effects of each evolutionary force on allele and genotype frequencies in a given situation and for combinations of two evolutionary forces (calculate the change for simple situations – qualitative predictions for situations involving two evolutionary forces. [BIOL 2040]
Courses Covering This Learning Outcome
  • BIOL 3046

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