Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, cell biology, English, and mathematics. They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics, transmission genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, ecological genetics, and genomics.
Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medicine, agriculture, wildlife, general sciences or many other fields. It has been suggested that geneticists going into employment in scientific research should honour a Hippocratic Oath for Scientists.
Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue.
- Genetic counseling
- Gene therapy
- Pharmacogenomics
- Animal breeding
- Genomics
- Biotechnology
- Proteomics
- Microbial genetics
- Teaching
- Management of a Lab
- Sales and Marketing of science products
- Publishing of scientific material
- Patenting procedures
- Paternity testing
- Forensic DNA
- Chemical warfare
See also
External links
- Iowa State University Genetics Education Requirements
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Genetics EducationRequirements
- Genetic Careers
- Gene Profiling Facility
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