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Genetics

Team Summary

Session 1

  • Examples of Normal Function in Biology
  • Mutant Matching
  • Reading Assignment 1
  • Experiment: A Genetic Cross Using a Dpy and an Unc Mutation
  • How Are Living Things Made?

Session 2

  • Session 2 Outline
  • Understanding Sickle Cell Disease
  • Session 2 Experiment

Session 3

  • Session 3 Outline
  • Session 3 Experiment
  • Reading Assignment 2: Nucleic Acids
  • What are Genes?
  • Cell Lineages: 3 Key Ideas
  • Gene Homologies: 3 Key Ideas