Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications by The Great Courses [Editor]

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.… Read More

Chantilly, Va: The Teaching Company, 2008. Fine. A fine 24 lecture comprehensive course, including the accompanying guidebook, on the current field of genetics and what it implies for our everyday lives Both the DVD set and book are in fine condition with no marks or damage at all From the publisher: It is DNAâ€"deoxyribonucleic acid, the self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms Award-winning teacher, author, and cancer researcher Dr David Sadava unlocks its mysteries in his new course, Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications He guides us through decades of scientific discovery and the weighty implications for us, as individuals and as a society How are the traits of an organismâ€"be it a fern or a human fatherâ€"passed on to its offspring? This course outlines the history of the science of genetics and explains in detail what we have learned in recent decades about the building blocksâ€"DNA Dr Sadava, a working scientist who draws… Read More