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Jaime Herrera teaches undergraduate genetics at a state university in Missoula, Montana. He received a biology degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks before finishing his master’s in genetics. In the lecture hall, Herrera teaches classical inheritance alongside molecular biology, helping undergraduate pre-medical students build confidence in introductory lab techniques and basic problem-solving methods.

What Is the Wobble Hypothesis in Genetics?
How Is Usher Syndrome Inherited?
What Is Progerin? The Protein Behind Accelerated Aging
What Is Directed Mutation and How Does It Work?
What Is a Chromosome Spread and How Is It Made?
What Are the Genetics of Beta Thalassemia?
What Causes a Widow’s Peak? The Genetics Explained
How to Calculate Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium for 3 Alleles
What If a Mutation Occurred in the Human Insulin Gene?
What Condition Is Modeled by the Expression 47,XXY?
The FLG Gene: Its Role in Skin Health and Eczema
How to Test for Multifactorial Disorders
What Causes a Genetic Disease?
How Could Gene Therapy Someday Be Used to Treat Genetic Disorders?
What Is a Sense Mutation and Why Does It Matter?
What Is the Main Difference Between Autopolyploid and Allopolyploid?
Do Twins Get the Same Diseases?
What Is the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance?
What Is a Heteroduplex? Formation, Structure & Roles
What Is Dosage Compensation and How Does It Work?
How to Read Gene Mutation Nomenclature
What Is a Concordance Rate in Genetic Research?
How Can the SRY Gene End Up on the X Chromosome?
What Is a Chiasma? Formation and Biological Significance
Why Is Crossing Over Not Possible in Meiosis II?
What Is Linkage Disequilibrium and Why Does It Matter?
Why Does X Inactivation Occur? A Biological Explanation
What Does Loss of Heterozygosity Mean?
What Is a Compound Heterozygous Mutation?
How to Calculate the Inbreeding Coefficient