"You are what your grandmother ate" - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Supplementary videos

Chromosome 11 Flyover: few genes, many olfactory genes nonfunctional
Inhibiting HIV reverse transcriptase: nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
RNA can fold like a protein and act as a catalyst (HHMI)
A mutation story: why can dogs synthesize vitamin C, but not humans and other primates?
PCR animation (HHMI)
Genetic bacterial engineering could herald new era of biofuels
Ebola vaccine in GM tobacco plants
GMO Soybeans & Sustainability: herbicide and no-till
Genetically Modified Salmon Coming Soon? (Link TV)
Genetically modified mosquitoes bred to fight Zika
Golden rice: enriched with beta carotene to treat vitamin A deficiency (PRI)
The Future of Food 25:30-30:00 engineering Roundup Ready corn
Therapeutic cloning I : nuclear transfer (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning II : making a blastocyst (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning III : blastocyst development (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning IV : growing stem cells (HHMI)
First baby born with DNA from 3 parents
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Breeding out disease (CBS 60 Minutes, 10/26, 2014)1:30 - 6:45
Personal DNA testing 4:30 - 10:30 What are your genetic risk factors? (NOVA scienceNOW)

Extra credit readings

• DNA barcodes for seafood EarthSky 6/23/12
• Ancient Siberian Genome Reveals Genetic Origins of Native Americans ScienceDaily 11/20/13
• Carnivorous plant throws out 'junk' DNA University at Buffalo 5/13/13
• The Sea Change That's Challenging Biology's Central Dogma Discover Magazine 11/3/09
• Alternative splicing and disease ScienceDirect January 2009
• How Did Humans Develop Lactose Tolerance? The Salt 12/28/12
• 'Asian Glow' Gene Shows Drinking Less Cuts Heart Risk Bloomberg 7/11/14
• GM Anopheles mosquitoes with glowing gonads may fight malaria Imperial College London 10/9/05
• A Mosquito Solution for Dengue in Florida: More Mosquitoes New York Times
• Malaria vaccine? Genetic Literacy Project 1/4/15
• Drought tolerant transgenic crops Science X Network 1/15/16
• The Gene-Altered Monster That Almost Got Away San Francisco State University 7/18/98
• Golden Rice Greenpeace International
• β-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as β-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children American Journal of Clinical Nutrition September 2012
• Golden Rice-2 Shines in Nutrition Study Agricultural Research. Vol. 58 Issue 5 May 2010
• Bt-Corn and European Corn Borer University of Illinois Extension 2004
• Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01
• Cloning world's first copy-cat NewScientist 2/15/02

Additional material

• How much DNA do you have?
• List of organisms by chromosome count
• How many mutations do your cells have?
• What caused this deletion mutation?
• RFLP as a genetic diagnostic tool: determining a person's genotype by gel electrophoresis

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