HUMAN HEREDITY    BIOLOGY 321
 
 


 

Dr. Gerald Johnson
    Department of Biology
Office - Life Sciences 317
 Office Hours - Monday 5 - 6:30 P.M. [or by appt]

Human Heredity Home Page
Fall - 2000

Syllabus  |

Tutor: Leslie Revere  |

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man - OMIM  |

                                                             Web Assignment - Breast Cancer

SEGMENT I TOPICS

           CHROMOSOMES - NONDISJUNCTION                  Chromosome Divisions and Nondisjunction
           TRANSMISSION GENETICS                                        Mendel   -   Morgan   -   Garrod
           PEDIGREE ANALYSIS - SINGLE GENE               Autosomes   -   X-Chromosome  -   X-Inactivation
           MULTIGENIC-MULTIFACTORIAL TRAITS           Complex Traits   -  Eugenics  -   Eugenics Archive
 

            TEXT GUIDE                                  Text Guide - Segment 1


SEGMENT II TOPICS

           DNA - STRUCTURE, REPLICATION AND REPAIR                     DNA
           GENETIC CODE AND READ-OUT - DNA/RNA/PROTEIN        Genetic Code Readout      CF     SCD  HD
           GENETICS OF CANCER                                             Cancer
           IMMUNE SYSTEM                                                   Immune System
           GENETIC ENGINEERING                                           Recombinant DNA - Transgenics
       GENE AND PROTEIN THERAPY                                   Gene Therapy

       TEXT GUIDE                                                 Text Guide - Segment II

            FORENSICS - JEFFERSON FATHERED SLAVE'S LAST CHILD - Nature [1998], 5 November

                   Founding father [Commentary/Overview]                        p1     p2

                   Jefferson fathered slave's last child [The DNA Study]      p1     p2



            BREAST CANCER ESSAY

                            Essay Guide

                                        Myriad DNA Tests

                                              Myriad Video: Testing for Hereditary Risk of Breast & Ovarian Cancer: Is it Right for You?
                                              Available for Viewing - Love Library Media Center, Room 61