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| Mendelian Genetics problem sets | ||
| a. Do the problem set for “Monohybrid Cross.” How many questions did you get right?
b. Do the problem set for “Dihybrid Cross.” How many questions did you get right?
c. Do the problem set for “Sex Linked Inheritance 1.” How many questions did you get right?
( http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/mendelian_genetics.html ) | ||
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| Genomics and Its Impact on Medicine and Society: A 2001 Primer (US Dept of Energy) | ||
| a. What is the history of the Human Genome Project?
b. What has been achieved by the Human Genome Project so far?
c. What do they expect to achieve in the next few years?
d. What are the anticipated benefits of this research? What do you think is the largest potential benefit?
e. What are some of the societal concerns about this research? What do you think is the largest ethical concern regarding this research? ( http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/primer2001/index.html ) | ||
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| DNA on the Witness Stand | ||
| a. On average, how genetically similar are any two individuals?
b. How many spelling differences are there on average between the DNA of any two individuals?
c. When DNA comparisons are done, how much of the actual DNA do they look at?
d. What is DNA fingerprinting? How is it done?
e. How is DNA fingerprinting applied to Human Rights cases? ( http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/WYW/lander/lander_1.html ) | ||
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| Cells Alive | ||
| a. Click on “cell biology”, then “animal cell.” Identify and define the following: nucleus, centriole, mitochondrion, and cell membrane.
b. Click on “cell biology”, then “mitosis”. Watch the animation of mitosis. What are the stages? What happens in each stage?
c. Click on “microbiology”, then on “penicillin”. How does penicillin kill bacteria? Why do bacteria become resistant to penicillin?
d. Click on “microbiology”, then on “HIV”. Briefly explain HIV infection at the cellular level.
e. Click on “Immunology”, then “Making Antibodies.” What are antibodies? How are they produced?
( http://www.cellsalive.com/ ) | ||
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