Description: (Same as Environmental Health Sciences M241.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comprehensive and practical examination of emerging science of gene-environment interaction. Discussion of primary components of field, including role of metabolic pathways in modifying environmental responses and importance of environmental influences in human disease. Exploration of selected hot topics infield, such as importance of epigenetics and of microbiome. S/U or letter grading.

Units: 4.0