Basics of Genetics

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    1. Basic Mendelian Genetics
    A lesson with Craig Savage
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    Learn how Mendel’s basic laws of heredity have shaped our understanding of genetics and how Punnett squares can be used to predict inheritance patterns.

    Basic Mendelian Genetics
    with Craig Savage

    Learn how Mendel’s basic laws of heredity have shaped our understanding of genetics and how Punnett squares can be used to predict inheritance patterns.

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    2. Variations on Mendel's Genetics
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    Expand your understanding of genetics by learning how variations on Mendel’s theories predict the heredity of skin color, eye color, and balding in humans.

    Variations on Mendel's Genetics
    with Craig Savage

    Expand your understanding of genetics by learning how variations on Mendel’s theories predict the heredity of skin color, eye color, and balding in humans.

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    3. Sex Linked Genetic Traits
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    Learn about sex-linked traits and homologous chromosomes - and discover the connection between white-eyed fruit flies and hemophilia in the royal family.

    Sex Linked Genetic Traits
    with Craig Savage

    Learn about sex-linked traits and homologous chromosomes - and discover the connection between white-eyed fruit flies and hemophilia in the royal family.

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    4. Genetic Mutations
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    Learn the causes behind genetic mutations that can occur at the DNA and chromosome levels - and how they can lead to conditions such as Down’s Syndrome.

    Genetic Mutations
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    Learn the causes behind genetic mutations that can occur at the DNA and chromosome levels - and how they can lead to conditions such as Down’s Syndrome.

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    5. Human Genetic Disorders
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    Learn about hereditary patterns for genetic disorders (such as sickle cell anemia) and how a pedigree can be used to study and predict genetic outcomes.

    Human Genetic Disorders
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    Learn about hereditary patterns for genetic disorders (such as sickle cell anemia) and how a pedigree can be used to study and predict genetic outcomes.

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    Mayumi K
    I leaned a lot! Thank you
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    tony w
    Great, to the point, simple into lesson. just what I was looking for. thanks!Q
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    Annika K
    Very interesting! Great job putting this video together, I look forward to watching many more. Thanks!
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    Robin B
    My nephew died with Leigh's, is there any tests that can tell his sisters if they are carriers of the gene?
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    Sara L
    Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
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    Beth D
    It has always been my understanding that 'color-blindness' is a sex-linked recessive 'trait'. The males exhibit the color-blindness and the women are the carriers.
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    Beth D
    Why is it, then, that my sister and I are both red-green 'color-blind', or as i like to say "color-affected"? Background, my father was red-green 'color-blind,. and I have a cousin on my mother's side who is totally color-blind...in the truest sense. Is it possible for Huntington's to exhibit outside of the accepted sex linked scenario, as my sister and I exhibit, AND carry (her son is color-blind)?
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    Beth D
    Errr...excuse me...I meant HEMOPHILIA, not Huntington's. ;-(
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