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About the Course

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...
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Top reviews

YS

Aug 17, 2018

Dr. Mohamed Noor I really appreciate your way of teaching, you're the reason why I loved Genetics . Thank you for every thing. I really recommend this course for every one, God bless you, Dr Mohamed

RG

Oct 12, 2022

T​his course help me a lot. I am very much grateful from coursera and specially Duke university for providing me this great opportunity. It's help me a lot for creating my CB. Thanking you Coursera.

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By Zhan W

Oct 23, 2016

Very useful resource on evolutionary biology and parts of ecology . Used this course to study for my GRE Biology exam.

By Ali S

Aug 31, 2021

The "Introduction to Genetics and Evolution "course was fantastic and I am excited to pass this course. Very thanks.

By Dawn

Aug 14, 2016

I quite enjoy studying this course. I really enjoy the interaction with Jerry! Interesting course and I have fun~

By Muhammad w

Jul 19, 2024

This course was so helpful and I have learned much more and I hopeful that it help me in my professional career.

By Vlada S

Jun 3, 2021

Loved the tutor! You can see here is a person who loves his subject and loves to teach it! Enjoyed it very much!

By Syeda S Z

May 9, 2020

Very interesting and interractive. Professor Noor is not only very knowledgeable, but also such a fun teacher.

By Geoff J

Dec 18, 2015

This course is so informative that I'm doing it for a second time. This is the best Coursera course I've taken.

By Andrei T

Jun 10, 2017

Very nice presentation of the subject. Diverse and very interesting. It was a pleasure to follow this course .

By Duane G

Jul 17, 2020

The instructor is really great. I wish I had been a better student but I did my best. Really a great course.

By shilpa k

Jul 16, 2020

Its a fantastic course i really enjoyed learning. Dr. Mohamed Noor you are awesome. Thanks for this course.

By Roger P

Apr 22, 2020

This was a superb course and Prof Noor was brilliant in explaining complex material in an understandable way.

By yomna d

Jun 11, 2023

i liked the course so informative but its more about animal not too much stuff about humans like i hoped for

By Mateo Z P

Apr 30, 2022

Great overview of the genetics. Easy to understand and great explanations. Thanks Dr. Noor por this course!

By HyunJong K

Aug 11, 2020

The course is very thorough and instructive. I really enjoyed this course, and the professor is very nice!

By Avisha M

Jul 24, 2023

Course material was presented in a concise and easy to understand manner. I enjoyed the course very much.

By Edward J

Jan 29, 2021

This course is interesting and informative. Professor Noor does an excellent job of teaching this course.

By Chandrasekar R

Jun 23, 2020

A very detailed course. I loved Dr. Noor's way of explaining things to us. I feel like I've learnt a lot.

By Spiridonov A

Apr 12, 2020

Really enjoyed this course. So thought provoking, enlightening and even funny! Thank you Dr. Mohamed Noor

By Kaviya K

Sep 29, 2020

It was an wonderful opportunity for me to learn a lot in the field of genetics and evolution. Thank you

By Baker M

Aug 16, 2021

Very awesome, the instructor explains things very carefully and slowly that anyone could unnderstand.

By Franz M

Aug 17, 2016

Great course. I had no biology background at all. I learnt a lot. Thank you for making this course.

By Kim H

Jun 11, 2018

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

By Keerthivasan A

Sep 2, 2020

Very good with practical approach...

Enjoyed lectures from Dr.Noor.

Regards,

Keerthivasan Anandaraj.

By Shun T

Dec 22, 2022

Amazing and informative! Inspired me to continue pursuing evolutionary biology for my Master's.

By Leah S

Dec 17, 2018

Thank you! I feel very prepared to take Introduction to Genetics next semester at my college.