Genetics & The Human Genome Project

Why a genetics tutorial?

The bottom line is that genetics is THE area - whether you're talking biology, biochemistry, biological psychology... the list goes on. Genetics is exciting, stimulating and research is progressing at a frenetic pace. When you understand genetics, you have a handle on molecular biology and a passport to discuss twenty-first century science with a degree of authority.

The Human Genome Project aims to determine the complete DNA sequence of the 3.5 billion bases that makes up the 100,000 or so genes which code for the amino acids that make up the body's proteins. The first draft of the human genetic code is now with us. In the years to come, the genome map will revolutionise the practice of medicine and dramatically increase our knowledge of many of the diseases that affect human beings. It will also impact on academic disciplines ranging from the life sciences to
philosophy to economics.

This tutorial is thus intended to serve as a comprehensive primer of genetic principles and considers the societal and economic ramifications of a genome map.

The science of genetics is an integral module of many university courses. Consequently, this tutorial will address many of the leading questions and issues that have arisen from recent research and are addressed at degree level.

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