Provides a review of basic concepts in molecular biology, genetics, and genomics. Topics include the following: prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome structure and organization (including 3D architecture); Mendelian genetics, recombination, linkage and linkage disequilibrium, genome-wide association studies; review of genome projects, comparative genomics, genome variation, single nucleotide polymorphisms and genotyping; gene expression and the transcriptome, transcriptional regulation, gene regulatory networks; translation and translational regulation; proteomics approaches; integrative genomics.