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Author Sadava, David E.

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

Publication Info. Springfield, VA : Teaching Company, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD 576.5 SADAVA DISC 1-4    Check Shelf
Description 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (iv, 177 pages ; 19 cm.).
Series Great courses, Science & mathematics
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
System Details DVD, region 1.
Performer Lecturer: David E. Sadava, Professor of Biology at The Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps College.
Note Course Number 1533: 24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture)
Summary 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.
Contents Disc 1. Our inheritance ; Mendel and genes ; Genes and chromosomes ; The search for the gene : DNA ; DNA structure and replication ; DNA expression in proteins -- Disc 2. Genes, enzymes, and metabolism ; From DNA to protein ; Genomes ; Manipulating genes : recombinant DNA ; Isolating genes and DNA ; Biotechnology : genetic engineering -- Disc 3. 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 -- Disc 4. Molecular medicine : the immune system ; Molecular medicine : cancer ; Molecular medicine : gene therapy ; Molecular medicine : cloning and stem cells ; Genetics and agriculture ; Biotechnology and agriculture.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Genetics.
Genetics -- Study and teaching.
Medical genetics.
DNA.
Biotechnology.
Added Author Teaching Company.
Added Title DNA, genes, and their real-world applications
ISBN 1598033948
9781598033946
Music No. 1533 Teaching Company
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