An introduction to fundamental topics related to human genetics, including illustrations and basic explanations of genetics concepts.
Source: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer
Course Curriculum
| 1. Cells and DNA | |||
| What is a cell? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What is DNA? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What is mitochondrial DNA? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What is a gene? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What is a chromosome? | 00:30:00 | ||
| How many chromosomes do people have? | 00:30:00 | ||
| 2. Mutations and Health | |||
| What is a gene mutation and how do mutations occur? | 00:30:00 | ||
| How can gene mutations affect health and development? | 00:30:00 | ||
| Do all gene mutations affect health and development? | 00:20:00 | ||
| What kinds of gene mutations are possible? | 00:30:00 | ||
| Can changes in the number of chromosomes affect health and development? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What are complex or multifactorial disorders? | 00:30:00 | ||
| What information about a genetic condition can statistics provide? | 00:30:00 | ||
| How are genetic conditions and genes named? | 00:30:00 | ||
| 3. How Genes Work | |||
| What are proteins and what do they do? | 00:30:00 | ||
| Can genes be turned on and off in cells? | 00:45:00 | ||
| How do genes control the growth and division of cells? | 00:30:00 | ||
| 4. Gene Families | |||
| What are gene families? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Complement | 01:00:00 | ||
| Human leukocyte antigens | 01:00:00 | ||
| Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex | 01:00:00 | ||
| 5. Inheriting Genetic Conditions | |||
| What does it mean if a disorder seems to run in my family? | 00:00:00 | ||
| If a genetic disorder runs in my family, what are the chances that my children will have the condition? | 00:00:00 | ||
| What are genomic imprinting and uniparental disomy? | 01:00:00 | ||
| What are the different ways in which a genetic condition can be inherited? | 01:30:00 | ||
| What are reduced penetrance and variable expressivity? | 01:30:00 | ||
| What is heritability? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 6. Genetics and Human Traits | |||
| Are fingerprints determined by genetics? | FREE | 01:00:00 | |
| Is eye color determined by genetics? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| Is the probability of having twins determined by genetics? | 01:30:00 | ||
| Is height determined by genetics? | 01:30:00 | ||
| Is athletic performance determined by genetics? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 7. Genetic Consultation | |||
| What is a genetic consultation? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| What is the prognosis of a genetic condition? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 8. Genetic Testing | |||
| What is genetic testing? | 01:30:00 | ||
| How can I be sure a genetic test is valid and useful? | 01:30:00 | ||
| What are the benefits of genetic testing? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| How does genetic testing in a research setting differ from clinical genetic testing? | 01:30:00 | ||
| What is direct-to-consumer genetic testing? | 01:30:00 | ||
| How is direct-to-consumer genetic testing done? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| Can a direct-to-consumer genetic test tell me whether I will develop Alzheimer disease? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| 9.Newborn Screening | |||
| What is newborn screening? | 01:30:00 | ||
| What happens if a newborn screening test comes back negative? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 10. Gene Therapy | |||
| How does gene therapy work? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 11. The Human Genome Project | |||
| What was the Human Genome Project and why has it been important? | 01:30:00 | ||
| 12. Genomic Research | |||
| What are the next steps in genomic research? | FREE | 01:30:00 | |
| What is the International HapMap Project? | 00:00:00 | ||
| 13. Precision Medicine | |||
| What is precision medicine? | 01:30:00 | ||
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