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BIOL 1110 Human Biology (4 credits)

BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution And Ecology (3 credits)

BIOL 1150 Aquatic Systems (3 credits)

BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I (4 credits)

BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II (4 credits)

BIOL 1300 Medical Terminology (2 credits)

BIOL 2110 Human Anatomy and Physiology (5 credits)

BIOL 2339 Ethics of Fish and Wildlife Management (3 credits)

BIOL 2360 Genetics (4 credits)

BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)

BIOL 2620 Field and Laboratory Projects in Ecological Research (2 credits)

BIOL 2925 People & The Environment: Biological Perspectives on the Environment (3 credits)

BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)

BIOL 3150 Animal Behavior (3 credits)

BIOL 3250 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4 credits)

BIOL 3260 Medical Physiology (4 credits)

BIOL 3300 Introduction to Hematology (4 credits)

BIOL 3310 Entomology (4 credits)

BIOL 3337 Science Communication (3 credits)

BIOL 3338 Science Communication Lab (1 credits)

BIOL 3339 Bioethics (3 credits)

BIOL 3361 Limnology (4 credits)

BIOL 3362 Stream and River Ecology (4 credits)

BIOL 3380 Molecular Genetics: Theory and Practice (4 credits)

BIOL 3400 Fish & Wildlife Law and Administration (3 credits)

BIOL 3420 Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Management (3 credits)

BIOL 3554 Readings in Aquatic Biology (1 credits)

BIOL 3580 Immunology (4 credits)

BIOL 3590 Cell Biology (4 credits)

BIOL 3610 Principles of Wildlife Management (3 credits)

BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)

BIOL 3710 Microbiology (4 credits)

BIOL 3720 Plant Form and Function (4 credits)

BIOL 3723 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits)

BIOL 3730 Plant Diversity (4 credits)

BIOL 3755 Medical Microbiology (3 credits)

BIOL 3830 Aquatic Plants and Algae (4 credits)

BIOL 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)

BIOL 3844 Wetlands Ecology Lab (1 credits)

BIOL 3850 Marine Biology (3 credits)

BIOL 3880 Wildlife Management Techniques (4 credits)

BIOL 4030 Wetland Delineation and Classification (3 credits)

BIOL 4031 Advanced Wetland Delineation (2 credits)

BIOL 4200 Freshwater Invertebrates (4 credits)

BIOL 4210 Parasitology (4 credits)

BIOL 4270 Histology (4 credits)

BIOL 4330 Upland Wildlife Management (3 credits)

BIOL 4360 Developmental and Tumor Biology (4 credits)

BIOL 4447 Genomics (3 credits)

BIOL 4448 Genomics Lab (2 credits)

BIOL 4449 Gene Expression (4 credits)

BIOL 4510 Ornithology (4 credits)

BIOL 4520 Mammalogy (4 credits)

BIOL 4534 Ichthyology (4 credits)

BIOL 4545 Fisheries Management (4 credits)

BIOL 4620 Evolution (3 credits)

BIOL 4623 Forest Ecology (4 credits)

BIOL 4800 Advanced Project Certification (0 credits)

BIOL 4894 Advanced Research Project I (2 credits)

BIOL 4895 Advanced Research Project II (2 credits)

BIOL 4898 Fisheries Research I (2 credits)

BIOL 4899 Fisheries Research II (2 credits)

BIOL 4449 Gene Expression (4 credits)

While mutations in genomic DNA play a major role in human health and disease, the control of gene expression plays the pivotal role in establishing developmental patterning, cellular differentiation, responsiveness to environmental stimuli, and defense against pathogens and invasive genetic elements. Changes in genomic DNA over time are a key driver of evolution, but the control of gene expression is also a major generator of species diversity and a driver of genome structure and function. Chromosomes in eukaryotic nuclei are made up of a combination of DNA and proteins packaged and compacted into a composite called chromatin-in turn, chromatin structure and modification determines whether a gene is "open" for transcription or closed. One of the most efficient and well-characterized systems for studying the relationship between chromatin and gene expression is the so-called position effect variegation (PEV) in the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster, in which the variable expression of a reporter transgene allows reproducible measurement of gene expression in response to genetic and environmental factors. We will use a combination of classroom and laboratory approaches to understand and complete original research projects using this system. Successful completion of this course satisfies BSU Biology's capstone requirement. Prerequisite: BIOL 2360.
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