Geneticists are the leaders of the last frontier of biology, unlocking the few secrets of life we left covered. Unlike other physical scientists who are able to work in the environment they are studying the geneticist typically calls the laboratory home. There they juggle with abstract problems as they put together the puzzles of DNA and heredity.
They also participate in more specific genetic courses such as molecular, transmission, population, quantitative and ecological genetics and the all important study of 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.
Interested? Your subjects in school should include Biology, Mathematics and Physical Science. As an undergraduate at university you need to obtain a BSc degree and then move on to an Honours qualification.
- You can obtain your BSc at any university, but some universities have a specialised division for genetics.
- Learn more about genetic engineering (as seen in Heroes)
- Charles Darwin is the great grand-daddy of genetics. Look at a timeline to see how far we’ve come since 1858...
- How does cloning work?
- 5 facts Dolly didn’t know about cloning
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