- Introduction to genetics.
- Mendelian genetics and models of Mendelian inheritance.
- Extensions to Mendelian analysis.
- Cytogenetics, karyotype and chromosomal aberrations.
- Molecular genetics, fundamentals: DNA, structure and replication, RNA, transcription and translation.
- Population genetics.
- Evolutionary forces and evolutionary theories.
- Molecular evolution and genetic conservation.
- Methodologies for the analysis of genetic variation in animal populations.