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Beginner Level
Approx. 22 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • An introduction to biology from cells to higher multicellular organisms, past, present and future.

  • The principles of heredity and evolution.

  • The significance of meiosis and how germ cells are generated.

  • Sex determination and why there are (usually) two sexes and how this affects the natural history of living organisms.

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Coursera Labs
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Beginner Level
Approx. 22 hours to complete
English

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
27 minutes to complete

Introduction to the Course

27 minutes to complete
2 readings
Week2
Week 2
3 hours to complete

Chapter 1 - Biodiversity

3 hours to complete
2 readings
Week3
Week 3
4 hours to complete

Chapter 2 - Evolution and Genetics

4 hours to complete
6 readings
Week4
Week 4
3 hours to complete

Chapter 3 - Meiosis and Gametes

3 hours to complete
3 readings

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