Understanding Genetics : DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications (The Great Courses, 1533)

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2008. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 177-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting.

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: 1ecture 1. Our inheritance -- lecture 2. Mendel and genes -- lecture 3. Genes and chromosomes -- lecture 4. The search for the gene : DNA -- lecture 5. DNA structure and replication -- lecture 6. DNA expression in proteins -- lecture 7. Genes, enzymes, and metabolism -- lecture 8. From DNA to protein -- lecture 9. Genomes -- lecture 10. Manipulating genes : recombinant DNA -- lecture 11. Isolating genes and DNA -- lecture 12. Biotechnology : genetic engineering -- lecture 13. Biotechnology and the environment -- lecture 14. Manipulating DNA by PCR and other methods -- lecture 15. DNA in identification : forensics -- lecture 16. DNA and evolution -- lecture 17. DNA and human evolution -- lecture 18. Molecular medicine : genetic screening -- lecture 19. Molecular medicine : the immune system -- lecture 20. Molecular medicine : cancer -- lecture 21. Molecular medicine : gene therapy -- lecture 22. Molecular medicine : cloning and stem cells -- lecture 23. Genetics and agriculture -- lecture 24. Biotechnology and agriculture.