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Revision as of 15:56, 19 June 2010
Objective
The objectives of this lecture series are to familiarize high school students with the CoGe program and to teach them fundamental ideas about comparative genomics.
Basic genetic ideas required
DNA
- What is DNA and what does it do?
- How does DNA work?
Genes
- What are genes and what do they do?
- How do genes work?
Introns and Exons
- What are introns?
- What are exons?
- What is the difference between them?
- How do they related to genes?
RNA
- What is RNA?
- What are different kinds of RNA?
- What is the difference between mRNA, tRNA and rRNA?
- How does RNA related to genes?
- How does RNA relate to proteins?
Proteins
- What are proteins and what do they do?
Transcription and Translation
- What is transcription?
- What is translation?
- How are they similar and how are they different?
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
- What is the central dogma of molecular biology? How does it related to DNA, RNA, protein, transcription and translation?
Mutations
- What are the different types of mutations?
Evolution
- What is evolution?
CoGe
Overview
- What can CoGe do and why do we need it?
Understanding CoGe's interface
See Also
Next Lecture: Visually Comparing Genomes
All Lectures: Tutorial for High School Students