Genomes and Society (BIOL 4301) - Syllabus

In Class Debate Topics and Resources

    Debate organization for this class

    Example Debate Briefs and Annotated Bibliographies - 1, 2

    Logical fallacies to avoid

    Readings

        Dilemmas of Genetic Information

        Whom to Trust with Genes on the Menu

        The Politics of Bioethics

        The Monster in the Public Imagination

Links from Unit 1 - Biological Concepts - slides
        Finger length article 
        Cold reading links - 1, 2
        Teloyears
        Do you belong to you? 
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
        http://www.dnalc.org/resources/3d/04-mechanism-of-replication-advanced.html
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
        http://www.dnalc.org/resources/3d/13-transcription-advanced.html
        http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html

Unit 2 - Genome Mapping & Assembly - slides

Unit 3 - Bioethics and Genomes - slides

Unit 4 - Genome Analysis Ancestry and Identification - slides

Unit 5 - Genomics of Sociality - slides
        Radiolab episode, Revising the Fault Line

Skipped Unit 6 - Genome Analysis, Non-human Applications - slides

Unit 7 - Genome Manipulation - slides
       CRISPR animation

Unit 8 - Genetically Modified Organisms - slides
       Science vs. GMOs 
       GMO mosquitos

Unit 9 - Genomic Medicine - slides
      RadioLab, Funky Hand Jive