(3 credits)Prerequisites:BIOL 1110/BIOL 1011, BIOL 1120/BIOL 1121BIOL 1130/BIOL 1131, or equivalent; plus MATH 1530 or MATH 1910. The mechanisms of genetic transmission involving the chromosome theory of inheritance, linkage, recombination and mapping, chromosomal modifications and evolution, the organization of the hereditary material and the nature of gene action, mutation, population genetics, and statistical analysis. Three (3) hours lecture. (See optional BIOL 3141.)