DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Understanding genetics : DNA, genes, and their real-world applications / Professor David Sadava.

[PDF workbook version].

[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed by] Recorded Books, [2008]

©2008

4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 PDF.

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Understanding genetics is like sitting down to work a massive puzzle. With each piece you examine, think through, and solve, you glean a new and amazing insight into humanity. Put several pieces together, and you can treat or cure a disease, save a developing fetus from a fatal birth defect, catch a criminal, or reunite a family ... Each lecture begins with a helpful story that illustrates the importance of genetics. The course explicitly outlines the connections between the science of genetics and the health-related problems that plague us in modern society, and illuminates how studying genetics can be instrumental in solving those problems.

Great courses. Science & mathematics

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.

Genetics.

Genetics -- Study and teaching.

Medical genetics.

DNA.

Biotechnology.

Educational films.

Filmed lectures.

Sadava, David E., author, speaker.

Teaching Company.

Recorded Books, LLC.

DNA, genes, and their real-world applications

Course no. 1533.

Accompanying PDF contains course workbook in CD-ROM format.

The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 24 lectures.

Lecturer: Professor David Sadava, The Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges.

DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.

Our inheritance -- Mendel and genes -- Genes and chromosomes -- The search for the gene: DNA -- DNA structure and replication -- DNA expression in proteins -- Genes, enzymes, and metabolism -- From DNA to protein -- Genomes -- Manipulating genes: recombinant DNA -- Isolating genes and DNA -- Biotechnology: genetic engineering -- Biotechnology and the environment -- Manipulating DNA by PCR and other methods -- DNA in identification: forensics -- DNA and evolution -- DNA and human evolution -- Molecular medicine: genetic screening -- Molecular medicine: the immune system -- Molecular medicine: cancer -- Molecular medicine: gene therapy -- Molecular medicine: cloning and stem cells -- Genetics and agriculture -- Biotechnology and agriculture.

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