Genetics

Thou shalt not commit a genetic experiment from: Metro.co.uk Sunday, March 9, 2008 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.

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Syllabus

Project Grading Sheet

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

1.  History & Use of Genetics

History & Use Slides

Review Table of DNA Terms

Example uses of genetics

Review Practice Sheet

Unit 1:  How are "traits" passed on? (Transmission Genetics)

2.  Cell Cycles Cell Cycles Slides Mitosis Animation for Review Meiosis Animation for Review Meiosis Square Dance 3.  Basic Mendelian Inheritance Mendelian Inheritance Slides Guide for solving genetics word problems Chi-Square Probabilities Table Sheep Color Genetics 4.  Extensions of Mendelian Genetics Extensions Slides Rabbit Color Genetics Wheat Genetics 5.  Sex Chromosomes Sex Chromosome Slides Sex Reversal in Mice Chimera Video 6.  Gene Mapping Gene Mapping Slides 7.  Non-Mendelian Inheritance Non-Mendelian Inheritance Slides mtDNA and Aging Basics of Epigenetics Maternal Effect in Humans

Problem Set 1 Problem Set 2

Exam 1

Unit 2:  How does a gene result in a "trait"? (Molecular Genetics)

8.  DNA Structure DNA Structure Slides DNA Process Animations     Go to CAMS for an article about RNA & Evolution            9.  DNA Replication DNA Replication Slides DNA Replication Animation DNA Process Animations    Go to CAMS for an article about Genes & Aging      10.  Gene Expression- Protein Synthesis Protein Synthesis Slides Protein Synthesis Practice Amino Acid Table Transcription Animation Translation Animation Protein Synthesis Interpretive Dance DNA Process Animations 11.  Gene Expression - Regulation Regulation Slides Origins of Form - gene regulation and body forms Gene Regulation & Stem Cell Differentiation Time article on epigenetics Paternal smoking effects     Go to CAMS for an article about phenotypic plasticity 12.  Mutations Mutations Slides Go to CAMS for four articles: one on SINES, one on triploid trout, one on polyploidy in plants, and one about genotoxicity testing.

Problem Set 3 Problem Set 4

Exam 2

Unit 3:  How is genetics used to study organisms & populations? (Population Genetics)

13.  Biotechnology Biotechnology Slides Microarray Animation Transgenic Salmon in Maine Go to CAMS for two articles: one about using DNA technologies for species identification, and one about using fecal samples from bears to estimate population sizes.        14.  Population Genetics Population Genetics Slides PopCycle Webpage Ne Comedy     Go to CAMS for four articles: one on inbreeding depression, one on coral dispersal, one on frog populations, and one on gene flow in turtles. 15.  Evolutionary Genetics Evolutionary Genetics Slides Chimp-Human Mating?    Go to CAMS for two articles: one on mammal phylogeny and one on fish phylogeny from Ethiopia. 16.  Quantitative Genetics Quantitative Genetics Slides     Go to CAMS for an article on crop breeding involving quantitative traits.

Problem Set 5 Semilog Graph Paper

Exam 3