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Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being offered simultaneously to new students at Duke University. The course gives interested people a very basic overview of some principles behind these very fundamental areas of biology. We often hear about new "genome sequences," commercial kits that can tell you about your ancestry (including pre-human) from your DNA or disease predispositions, debates about the truth of evolution, why animals behave the way they do, and how people found "genetic evidence for natural selection." This course provides the basic biology you need to understand all of these issues better, tries to clarify some misconceptions, and tries to prepare students for future, more advanced coursework in Biology (and especially evolutionary genetics). No prior coursework is assumed.
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Rating 4.8 based on 203 ratings
Length 12 weeks
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Duke University via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Mohamed Noor
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Language English
Subjects Science
Tags Life Sciences Biology Basic Science

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Well crafted, well presented introduction to genetics and evolution by an amazingly involved instructor.

Prof Noor is a natural, he keeps you interested throughout every video and explains the material rather well Enlightening Very helpful course on the introduction to genetics and evolution, with both general concepts and specialized terminology.

Highly recommended for anyone with the slightest interest in genetics and evolution.

A really interesting course on genetics and evolution.

His enthusiasm for genetics and evolution is contagious!

I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot about genetics and evolution.

Overall: highly recommended.. even as an audit Very good introduction to Genetics and Evolution.

Lots of interesting and useful, up to date materials presented to allow good understanding of the field of genetics and evolution today.

Definitely everyone who's interested in Genetics and Evolution -and of course their interaction in understanding better life on Earth- should give it a try.

At first, I am failing, but toward the end, I am handling everything with genetics and evolution.

I recommend it to anyone looking for some insight into genetics and evolution ( even if it states that is an introduction in covers many topics which are introduced in a simple comprehesive way).

This is really good course to understand the main point of Genetics and Evolution in a simple way.

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prof. noor

Prof. Noor has put together a wide array of material that will enable you to much better understand and appreciate the beauty of evolution and the power genomics is bringing to our world.

I've taken about half a dozen courses at coursera and udacity so far, and this has been the best - mainly because of the enthusiasm of Prof. Noor and his ability to get even complex ideas across in an entertaining & clear manner.

Rewarding experience: Prof. Noor reads it really well.

Thank you Prof. Noor!

Prof. Noor gives a comprehensive introduction to the topic and his enthusiasm is infectious.

:) Prof. Noor rocks!

Prof. Noor did a great job in teaching without overburden and keeping a light tone while making me learn.Only one minor problem:Having never encountered multiple choice during my academic career, I was sometimes thrown off by the wording of questions and answers.

Noor explains with such clarity that even a 5 year old can learn about DNA.This is my 2nd time taking this class, and I've seen already many positive changes in this 1st week alone.Thank you Coursera, Duke University, all participants in general, and a very special thank you to Prof. Noor, your contagious love for science spreads like wild fire.

Watching Prof. Noor teach is just pure joy.

Prof. Noor also has a great sense of humor!

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easy to understand

The material was fascinating and the lecturer Dr Noor, is so enthusiastic and friendly and easy to understand.

Prof. Noor makes the evolution easy to understand and apply into our daily life.

The course is easy to understand and the concepts are very clear.

Explained in a 'light and easy to understand' way!

Its a very tough topic but the instrucotr makes all efforts to make it easy to understand.

The best course I ever took , easy to understand and interesting to follow Amazing teacher and very interesting.

The teacher is amazing, and videos are short, easy to understand and overall fun to listen to and learn new things if you're really interested in genetics.

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highly recommend

I highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in this field!

Highly recommend!!

I highly recommend this even if you aren't an expert.

Nevertheless, it was one the more enjoyable and valuable courses I have recently taken, and I highly recommend it.

Highly recommended to people who already have some background in statistics.

Really well put together and would highly recommend everyone to try the course.

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dr. mohamed noor

Dr. Mohamed Noor is a fantastic teacher and with simplicity he was able to make me understand complex topics and discover the great wolrd of evolution.

I loved how the lessons were taught and explained by Dr. Mohamed Noor and I really enjoyed the content of the classes.

Dr. Mohamed Noor has done an amazing job in introducing and building on the concepts week after week.

My sincere thanks to the Dr. Mohamed Noor and Duke University for offering this course online.

Not only is Dr. Mohamed Noor a brilliant professor, but he explains everything in a matter that can be universally understood.

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so much

It's hard to keep up, but when you're learning so much it's worthwhile.

Super clear and I've learned so much.

I suffered so much with the so well designed exams, but that pushds me to study harder and read more.

Since this is likely to be a problem with my own experience and does not affect others so much, I would not go as far as deducing anything.A future wish: Maybe a course on the subject, specialising in some subareas based on this course woudl be great.All in all, Prof. Noor and his team did a good job in conceiving and conducting this course.

Not having had a strong background in basic evolutionary principles it was fascinating to learn so much.

Recommended for anyone interested in the subject and probably for quite a few people who aren't (because it's so much fun).

Such an amazing course, thank you so much!

I have learned so much and in an such enjoyable way.

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well presented

Very well presented by Dr Noor.

Engaging professor, well presented material.

Other than the material not being hard the subject matter was very well presented and very structured.

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Rating 4.8 based on 203 ratings
Length 12 weeks
Starts Jul 10 (41 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Duke University via Coursera
Instructor Dr. Mohamed Noor
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Science
Tags Life Sciences Biology Basic Science

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