Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Lecture, chapter 1 - A human perspective on genetics

Today we continued with the outline of what the quarter will be.

We discussed how Mendel gave birth to the field of genetics, even before the word 'gene' was coined, what the different approaches to studying genetics are, and how genetics has impacted our lives in the past and in the present.

Note: There will be no lecture on chapter 2, but students are strongly encouraged to read it. On Friday we will start covering chapter 3 in the text book, on Mendelian genetics

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