BIOL 3420 Genetics and Transcriptomics
Understanding the genetic basis of phenotypes is fundamental for all areas of biology like medicine and agriculture. Genomics is the study of the genome (complete set of genes present in an organism), while transcriptomics studies all RNA transcripts produced by the genome. This course introduces students to statistical methodologies for designing and analyzing genome-wide association analysis and transcriptomics experiments, linking genomic information to phenotype. Students will learn how to design experiments, analyze large biological datasets using bioinformatics tools such as UNIX, R programming language, and also utilize project-specific databases for candidate gene identification to correlate phenotypes to causal genes.
Prerequisite
BIOL
1100
or
BIOL
1100
and
BIOL
2420
Notes
Previously: BIOL 357