Course: Why Biology Matters: The Genome and You

This interview deals with some basic concepts related to the modification of an organism’s genome. To this end, it is worth clarifying a few terms, which Wikipedia does nicely: A …

This activity deals with the targeted modification of genomes. The word ‘targeted’ is important. As genomes are fluid and dynamic, they change on their own over generations. We can make …

This activity is centred on the collection of biological samples and genomic information. Biobanks and databases are essential for the development of biomedicine and, thus, fully necessary, but care has …

There are no scientific or biological concepts that need clarification in this interview, but some terms may be worth looking at. The texts are mainly from Wikipedia. This interview is …

There are some general concepts that should be clear before listening to the interview that are used many time: 1. Genetic marker A genetic marker is a DNA sequence with …

This activity deals with how the information in our genome can be used to gain insight into our biological history. The general idea is simple. There is genomic diversity amongst …

There is one general concept that should be clarified before you listen to the interview, as it is used many times, namely, adaptation and related concepts such as adaptive or …

Concepts to clarify the interview with Francesc Calafell 1. Microevolutionary pattern (Part 1) It is the evolutionary pattern seen on a small time scale, which could be defined as the …

This activity mainly deals with the use of genetic data to identify a specific individual. We know that there is genetic variation in all populations and amongst all individuals except …

Concepts to clarify the interview with Joanna Mountain Few concepts in the interview need to be explained. The genetic tests that we talk about provide information (reports) on several different …

This activity will explain the sharing of genetic information amongst family members. This is an interesting point as it is well known that the descendants of consanguineous marriages (i.e. marriages …

Very few concepts in the interview need to be explained. In general, it is important to understand how GWASs work. The basic idea is to have a patient group and …

Concepts to clarify in interview with Greg Gibson 1. GWAS (genome wide association studies) Defined in the previous interview for this unit. 2. Transcriptomics (Part 1) Transcriptomics is the study …

The aim of this activity is to understand what we can learn from the information in an individual genome, in this case, mine (Jaume Bertranpetit). This is the primary purpose …