Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

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教学大纲

  • Week 1 - Welcome to Genetics and Evolution
    General introduction to this MOOC, including coverage and expectations.
  • Week 1 - Evidence for Evolution
    This module discusses the definition of the word "evolution" in a biological context, evidence for the truth of evolution and common ancestry of species, and public thoughts and misconceptions about biological evolution. This module is optional and will not be...
  • Week 2 - Genetics I
    An introduction to basic transmission genetics and inheritance. This module reflects what is often covered in high school biology courses in the USA.
  • Week 3 - Genetics II
    This module delves somewhat more deeply into genetics and specifically the concept of "recombination." It begins to discuss how recombination is leveraged in classic genetic works as well as mapping simple genetic traits using crosses or data from natural popu...
  • Week 4 - Genetics III
    This module delves even more deeply into the complexities of the genetics underlying traits,the origin of genetic variation, and how "complex" traits (ones controlled by multiple genes) are studied genetically.
  • Week 5 - Heritability and Population Growth
    This module begins the transition to evolutionary genetics by looking at the relative contributions of genetics and environment to traits, and also introduces how population growth is studied.
  • Week 6 - Population Genetics I
    Rather than looking at individuals, this module discusses how multiple individuals from natural populations can be studied genetically to begin to understand the evolutionary forces acting upon the populations.
  • Week 7 - Population Genetics II
    This module extends the previous one to specifically examine the effects of natural selection and genetic drift on genetic variation in natural populations.
  • Week 8 - Molecular Evolution
    This advanced module explains why sexual reproduction (involving recombination) is evolutionarily advantageous, and discusses how the analysis of DNA sequences can be used to understand the evolutionary forces acting on populations or species, either in genera...
  • Week 9 - Adaptive Behaviors and Sexual Selection
    This module changes gears a bit to look at the exciting field of animal behavior-- specifically, how particular behaviors are or may be adaptive, and why individuals choose particular others as mates.
  • Week 10 - Speciation and Phylogenetics
    This module gets into the nitty gritty of what causes the formation of new species, and how evolutionary relationships between species are inferred.
  • Week 11 - Applied Evolution
    This final module talks about applications and misapplications of many of the concepts discussed in the course to human health, understanding, and well-being. This module is optional and not included in the assessments.

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讲师

Dr. Mohamed Noor
Earl D. McLean Professor and Chair,
Biology

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虽然该大学直到 1924 年才正式成立(其根源可追溯到 1838 年)。杜克大学经常被称为 "南方的哈佛",是美国南方选拔最严格的大学。

该大学是美国大学协会的成员,自 1900 年以来,该协会一直将北美的精英研究型大学聚集在一起。

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Coursera是一家数字公司,提供由位于加利福尼亚州山景城的计算机教师Andrew Ng和达芙妮科勒斯坦福大学创建的大型开放式在线课程。

Coursera与顶尖大学和组织合作,在线提供一些课程,并提供许多科目的课程,包括:物理,工程,人文,医学,生物学,社会科学,数学,商业,计算机科学,数字营销,数据科学 和其他科目。

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