BIOLOGY 202L
Introduction to Biology: Genetics and Evolution
John H. Willis, Zoe Kugler Isabella
Description from DukeHub
Introduction to principles genetics and evolution. Explores common ancestry, patterns of inheritance, genetic diseases, forward genetics approaches to biology research, quantitative/complex traits, linkage and association mapping, population genetics, sources of variation at a genomic scale, causes of genomic evolution, conservation and selective constraint, chromosomal evolution, evolution of novel function, sexual selection, speciation, and macroevolutionary patterns. Relevance to conceptualizing evolution in an era of increasingly available genomic-scale data. Not open to students who have taken or are currently enrolled in Biology 203L.
Skills
- lab workhas a lab component
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "laboratory"
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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