Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Gain a solid background on DNA and genetics and stay current with the latest advances in genetic engineering with this course by an award-winning professor of biology.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Our Inheritance
- 02: Mendel and Genes
- 03: Genes and Chromosomes
- 04: The Search for the Gene-DNA
- 05: DNA Structure and Replication
- 06: DNA Expression in Proteins
- 07: Genes, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- 08: From DNA to Protein
- 09: Genomes
- 10: Manipulating Genes-Recombinant DNA
- 11: Isolating Genes and DNA
- 12: Biotechnology-Genetic Engineering
- 13: Biotechnology and the Environment
- 14: Manipulating DNA by PCR and Other Methods
- 15: DNA in Identification-Forensics
- 16: DNA and Evolution
- 17: DNA and Human Evolution
- 18: Molecular Medicine-Genetic Screening
- 19: Molecular Medicine-The Immune System
- 20: Molecular Medicine-Cancer
- 21: Molecular Medicine-Gene Therapy
- 22: Molecular Medicine-Cloning and Stem Cells
- 23: Genetics and Agriculture
- 24: Biotechnology and Agriculture
Taught by
David Sadava
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