Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Why Biology Matters: The Genome and You
Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona
Many times we read in the newspapers information that has a biological base and unfortunately we do not understand enough what is going on to have a critical opinion. Words such as genetic determinism, cloning, genetic manipulation, fight against death, eugenics, artificial selection, inheritance of intelligence, evolution of behaviour, personalized medicine ... are in our environment, but their interpretation needs some knowledge that we may not have.
5 weeks, 2 hours per week
Jaume Bertranpetit
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona
Transcript
Syllabus
- Genetic of simple traits
- Genetics of complex traits
- Shared proportion of the genome
- Differences among human populations and our ancestors
- Future of selecting genome
Issued on 20th December 2023
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