BIOC61H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Blackboard, Flybase, Albinism
19 Aug 2014
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Online assessments- need to complete the whole thing in one go: can retake it as long as you do the whole thing. 5 model organisms: many diff ways to apply genetics to life, applying concepts to case studies, need to go through case studies and problems, read the primary literature in genetics. Genetics: gene is heritable, trait from one generation is seen in another generation, structure and function of genes from one gen to the next, what is a gene and how do they gen transferred. Answer may change throughout your career: could be described by what it does, eg a normal gene vs mutated gene, chromosomes. Alkaptonuria produced urine that turned black inborn error of metabolism defectib enzyme as homogenous oxidase. If enzyme doesn"t work, enzyme doesn"t get converted and the urine turns black. Phenylketonuria: part of same pathway, when normal gene is absent, individual.
