A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the organization, recombination, function, regulation, and transmission of heritable information in biological organisms at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in Mendelian genetics, mechanisms of gene regulation, chromosome structure and replication, epigenetic phenomena, DNA repair and recombination, sex determination, genetic interactions between genomes, and molecular evolution.
| A major in Genetics, General is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 8
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Genetics, General among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA | 13
(4.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH | 7
(1.8%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Davis
Davis, CA | 94
(1.6%) | |  | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI | 51
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | University of Georgia
Athens, GA | 41
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Washington State University
Pullman, WA | 18
(0.4%) |  | | |
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| | Iowa State University
Ames, IA | 14
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA | 8
(0.2%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.