MBG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sickle-Cell Disease, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase, Antoine Marfan
12 Oct 2016
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Tutorials on mondays: (must be handed in at start of seminar: posted wednesday, due the following. Assignments handed in at the start of every tutorial (starting january 19th) Final exam: april 8th; 8:30-10:30 am; room tbd. Agriculture: negative connotations in regards to the dna manipulation of plants and animals. Mendel and his peas: followed the parents and looked at the traits that the progeny had, something recorded that we can go back to, to understand the variations in genes. Francis crick and james watson: first time that the human molecule was chemically defined, deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) Four main bases: adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine. Sequencing the genes allows researchers to learn and be able to identify dysfunctions and mutations: allows researcher to analyze the sequences. Francis collins and craig venter: sequenced the human genome. Dna, chromosomes and genes: genotypes and phenotypes. Genetic variation: natural selection vs artificial selection. Mitosis and development: from one zygote.
