NDFS 333

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Nutrition and Genes

Course Description

Use of primary literature to discuss the effect of food on an individual's genome and the effect of genetics on food metabolism and dietary health outcomes.

When Taught

Winter

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Nutrigenomics

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to evaluate the impact of food on gene expression.

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Nutrigenetics

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to evaluate physiological, biochemical and metabolic changes associated with genetic diversity.

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Scientific writing

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate ability to search, interpret, and summarize original scientific information in an efficiently written scientific paper.

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Experimental design

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to design experiments to determine nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic outcomes