Genetics
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Hyperlinks in purple are my lecture notes (MS Word) and slides (ppt) used in class.
Hyperlinks in green are handouts from class or assignments, usually in Word or Excel.
Hyperlinks in blue are to external websites.
Why do I need Genetics? Read these web articles:
Using DNA to Stop Elephant Poachers
Capturing a Grizzly? In the Age of DNA, a Few Hairs May Do
San Diego Zoo Conservation & Research for Endangered Species Genetics Program
DNA Test Set for Fish Caught in Potomac (Snakeheads)
Lecture Notes
Unit 1: How are "traits" passed on?
Cell Cycles Slides **Due 4 Feb for MW class**
Mitosis Animation for Review **Due 5 Feb for TR class**
3. Basic Mendelian Inheritance
Chi-Square Probabilities Table
4. Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
5. Sex Determination & Linkage Problem Set 2
Sex Chromosomes Slides **Due 18 Feb for MW class**
6. Gene Mapping **Due 19 Feb for TR class**
Unit 2: How does a gene result in a "trait"?
8. DNA Structure Problem Set 3
DNA Structure Slides **Due 31 March for MW class**
9. DNA Replication **Due 27 March for TR class**
DNA Replication Animation Stem Cell Activity
10. Gene Expression (a.k.a. Protein Synthesis)
Protein Synthesis Practice Sheet Problem Set 4
11. Gene Regulation (a.k.a. Why don't my skin cells make digestive enzymes?)
Gene Regulation Scenarios Practice
Go to CAMS to find a paper on how gene regulation is involved in stem cell differentiation.
Go to CAMS to find a paper on how SINES are being used to examine African mammal relationships.
Unit 3: How is genetics used to study organisms & populations?
13. Biotechnology & Ethics Problem Set 5
Biotech Slides Semi-Log Graph Paper
DNA Microarray Methodology Animation
Go to CAMS to find 2 papers on Microarrays, 1 on Gene Therapy, and 4 on Genetic Engineering and environmental uses.
Population Genetics Scenarios Practice
Go to CAMS to find 10 papers on how genetics is being used for population studies in different species and in answering a broad range of questions.
Go to CAMS to find 1 paper on extinction genetics and 4 papers dealing with phylogenetic trees at different taxonomic levels.
Go to CAMS to find 2 papers on heritability and its use in agricultural sciences.
The Roman Catholic church updated its list of mortal sins yesterday to include 21st century issues such as pollution and genetic experimentation.
The new list was announced after a week-long confession refresher course for priests. Traditionally, mortal sins are those which break the Ten Commandments and include murder and adultery.
According to the Catholic faith, they must be confessed to a priest and if not absolved or forgiven, will lead to a person's soul being condemned to hell.
But now genetic experimentation, tampering with the order of nature, pollution, social injustice, causing poverty, excessive wealth and drug abuse have been added.
Bishop Gianfranco Girotti is in charge of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican department which runs the confession refresher course.
He said: 'Today there are various new sins which concern the rights of the individual and society and above all these are in the field of bioethics.
'Within this, there are several fundamental violations of nature taking place – experiments, genetic manipulation, which are very difficult to control.
'Socially there is the field of drugs which weaken both intelligence and physically, leaving many youngsters outside the church circuit.
'Then elsewhere socially, we have inequality of wealth with the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer, this in turns feeds an ever growing social injustice,' he added.