Why study Genetics?
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What is a gene?
Objectives and agenda
Laws of inheritance
Evolutionary genetics
From genotype to phenotype
Nature and nurture
Test your understanding
Genealogy
Objectives and agenda
Family trees
Inherited disease
Simple vs complex traits
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Chromosomes
Objectives and agenda
Recombination
Cell division
The double helix
Mutation
DNA applications
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The genetic code
Objectives and agenda
The central dogma
Gene therapy
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Protein-coding and non-coding
Objectives and agenda
Selfish genes
Junk DNA
Alternative splicing
Copy number variation
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Cellular software
Objectives and agenda
Programming cells
Genomic imprinting
Soft inheritance
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Origins and Mitochondrial Eve
Objectives and agenda
The molecular clock
Evolution and ancestry
Eugenics and race
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The genomics age
Objectives and agenda
DNA tests
Precision medicine
Gene editing and CRISPR
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Conclusion
The big genetic quiz
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