Organization of genetics topics

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I am interested in what people thin the best organization of genetics topics might be.

Genetics is a vast, rapidly changing field. There are connections to other diverse fields such as psychology, law, medicine, history, and teaching. A classic way to divide genetics topics is into classical, molecular, and population genetics; however, I suspect this leaves out important areas.

The topics I would like an introductory genetics class to cover include:

  • quantitative genetics of complex traits and the regression
  • methods of genetic engineering and germ line transformation
  • genetic tools such as binary expression systems, PCR, Sanger sequencing, next generation sequencing, restriction endonucleases, and plasmid engineering, FISH, probes, chip hybridization
  • forward genetics and reverse genetics
  • personal genomics
  • introductory developmental genetics
  • the history of eugenics and laws regarding genetic data
  • genetic pest management and selfish genes
  • medical and cancer genetics
  • genetic anthropology
  • inbreeding and population structure
  • average heterozygosity and effective population size, the coalescent
  • X-inactivation, imprinting and epigenetics
  • species phylogeny
  • selection and genetic drift
  • gene evolution and gene families
  • comparison of model organisms and viral versus bacterial versus eukaryotic genetics
  • classical genetics
    • Mendelian Inheritance and Punnet squares
    • Complementation tests
    • Genetic linkage and recombination
    • Punnet squares and epistasis
    • alleles and morphs
    • penetrance and expressivity
    • pedigree analysis
    • LOD scores
  • cytological genetics
    • chromosomes, mitosis and meiosis, nondisjunction, aneuploidy, polyploidy
    • sex chromosomes and sex determination systems
    • aneuploidy and polyploidy
    • distinction between the germ-line and the soma
  • molecular genetics
    • metabolic pathways, developmental pathways, and epistasis
    • gene structure, gene expression regulation, protein structure, and the central dogma
    • genome structure and organization
    • types of mutations and their effects
    • transposable elements
    • genotype/phenotype association tests
  • supporting statistical logic
    • probability rules
    • binomial distributions
    • normal distribution
    • Poisson distribution
    • the chi-square test and degrees of freedom
    • linear regression