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MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)

Genetics: Chromosomes, Meiosis and Mitosis, and Inheritance Patterns

MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)

MedSchoolCoach

Science

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This podcast is the first in a series of lectures covering genetics. I cover the following topics: brief history of basic genetic principals, evolution, chromosomal theory (including mutations), mitosis and meiosis, and inheritance patterns.

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0:00.0

I'm so excited to announce that MCAT Go, an MCAT experience led by me, Sam Smith, the host of the

0:05.6

MCAT Basics podcast, is now available.

0:08.7

MCATGO provides engaging concise audio lessons that span the full spectrum of MCAT science and

0:14.1

social science content.

0:15.7

Sign up now at medschoolcoach.com slash go.

0:19.0

Again, that's medschoolcoach.com slash go. Again, that's medschoolcoach.com slash go.

0:24.5

Welcome to the MCAT basics podcast, brought to you by the physicians at med school coach.

0:30.2

Each week, Sam Smith breaks down high-yield MCAT topics, so you can score as high as possible on test day.

0:40.5

Hello. Hello, I am Sam Smith and this is Sam's MCAT basics.

0:45.9

This podcast covers the most important topics put out on the AAMC MCAT each year.

0:52.3

And I determined this list by going through all the official practice materials that the

0:56.1

AAMC puts out and also some third-party practice material.

1:00.7

And just put together this big list of topics that consistently kept on showing up and

1:06.2

ranked those topics and made podcasts out of it.

1:10.7

This podcast is the first in a series of podcast covering genetics.

1:15.9

So this one's going to cover some basic laws that rule genetics, evolution,

1:21.2

chromosome theory, mitosis, and meiosis.

1:24.5

And you should definitely pay attention there because that's a huge topic on the mcat

1:27.8

and i'm also going to cover inheritance patterns and this is one of those topics that's going to be

1:33.2

super high yield you're going to see at least five of these kind of questions on the biological

1:38.5

and biochemical foundations of living systems section of the m And just a note, it is very information dense.

1:45.6

So listen to this multiple times, listen to it forwards, backwards, inverse, whatever

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