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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 75-85.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.17-267

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Application of medical cases in general genetics teaching in universities

Zhumei He1,Linsai Bie1,Wei Li2   

  1. 1. School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
    2. College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • Received:2017-08-07 Revised:2017-08-22 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2017-09-06
  • Supported by:
    the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China(2015A070707006);Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project;Teaching Reform Project and Sun Yat-sen University brand Specialty Construction Program

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Abstract:

General genetics is a core course in life sciences, medicine, agriculture and other related fields. As one of the most fast-developing disciplines of life sciences in the 21th century, the influence of the genetics knowledge on daily life is expanding, especially on human health and reproduction. In order to make it easier for students to understand the profound principles of genetics and to better apply the theories to daily life, we have introduced appropriate medical cases in general genetics teaching and further extended them combined with theoretical basis of genetics. This approach will be beneficial to enhance students’ abilities of genetic analysis and promote their enthusiasm to learn and master practical skills. In this paper, we enumerate medical cases related to the modern genetics teaching system to provide a reference for genetics teaching in general and normal universities.

Key words: general genetics, medical cases, teaching