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Biology - Heredity

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1.5-3 hours
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Explore the science of hereditary traits and learn how viruses can affect our DNA with this free online biology course. This course teaches you about hereditary traits and lays out the biological processes that transmit particular qualities from parents to children. Isn't it amazing that children can look like their parents but different from each other? We explain how that happens as we study hereditary science in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses. We also examine the theory behind the Hardy-Weinberg Principle to help you understand this fascinating topic.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID201543
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Describe how heredity traits can be masked by our appearance
• Indicate how to use the ‘Punnett square’ to establish which traits are passed on
• Identify how to calculate % of population lightly to have a particular trait
• Outline how bacteria replicate and change
• Discuss how viruses operate and change
• Explain how viruses can affect our DNA
Course Code1723

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