Genetics — Heredity and the Genome

Genetics is the study of heredity — how traits are passed from parents to offspring and how genetic information is encoded, copied and expressed.

From Mendel to CRISPR

• Classical genetics — Mendelian laws, dominant and recessive traits.
• Molecular genetics — DNA structure, replication, transcription, translation.
• Population genetics — allele frequencies, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium.
• Genomics — sequencing and comparing whole genomes.
• Gene editing — CRISPR-Cas9 and synthetic biology.