Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• 26.08 - Genetics

26.0802 - Molecular Genetics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression, information transfer, replication, and stability in DNA and RNA. These programs include courses in prokaryotic genetics and gene expression; development and evolution of gene sequences and anatomical forms; biochemistry of gene replication and recombination; transcription and processing; genomics; chromatin architecture; and DNA/RNA structure.

• Example Program Names:

  • Genomics
  • Molecular genetics

• Exclusion

  • Molecular biology(26.0204)
  • Genetics(26.0801)
  • Cytogenetics(51.1010)