Cracking the Code of Life 1. Instructions for a Human Being                                                a storybook 4 billion years of history DNA -- the secret of life running time 09:06 2. Getting the Letters Out the Human Genome Project 1000 letters a second a parts list running time 05:52 3. One Wrong Letter Tay Sachs an incurable disease carriers for rare condition running time 08:57 4. The Sequencing Race Begins Craig Venter machines that go fast Celera Genomics running time 06:29 5. Ramping up government teams respond the bleeding edge a public investment running time 07:48 6. Genetic Variation whose code is it? remarkably similar sharing genes with a banana running time 06:33 7. Who Owns the Genome? making history patenting genomic code drug companies running time 07:52 8. The Business of Science profiting from the genome Celera's buisiness plan change in the scientific community running time 04:06 9. Finding Cures is Hard cystic fibrosis from genes to proteins 3-dimensional shapes running time 08:07 10. Complexity in Proteins an atypical CF patient the proteome twice as many genes as a fruit fly running time 07:44 11. The Finish Line all 3 billion letters pressure of competition a new beginning in science running time 04:32 12. Finding Disease Genes bald guys Iceland -- all in the family DeCODE's giant DNA database running time 04:06 13. DNA Databases future diary GATTACA gene chips running time 04:14 14. A Family Disease ovarian and breast cancer BRCA mutations 50/50 chance running time 08:05 15. Genetic Modification enhancing your kids? genetically modified foods a complex machine running time 04:27 16. Contemplating the Message sharing the credit a lumpy genome connectedness of life running time 07:58

Part 2 1. Read about Chromosomes 1 through 4 in the book Genome 2. Use the appropriate review questions to assist your learning. 3. After reading assigned passages, click here to see the "big picture" of DNA and its relationship to your body and its function.  Make sure that you become familiar with these concepts (some you will find in the book, some in the online activity, some may need a little research on the web or in the library):

When you are finished with Part 2, take the online test Genome 2 on WebCT

 

Part 3 1. Read about Chromosomes 5 through 9 in the book Genome 2. Use the appropriate review questions to assist your learning. 3. After reading the assigned passages, click here to explore some code from the human genome.  Make sure that you become familiar with these concepts (some you will find in the book, some in the online activity, some need a little research on the web or in the library):

When you are finished with Part 3, take the online test Genome 3 on WebCT

 

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