Larry M

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Genetics, Human Evolution, Population Dynamics

lecture:

Human Landscapes (background)

Readings (Pollan, Vermeij, Capra)

Genetics Tutorial

Human Ancestry article (Smithsonian)

Hobbit People article

Part One

Part Two

El Buen Vivir!

Guide and Background Presentation

Human Evolution and Population Dynamics

Genetics and Human Evolution

Population Dynamics and Economics

(Past Classes on this Topic)

lab:

Hans Rosling

Gapminder

Reproduction in Cities article

Demographics and Resource Use

Hominid Skull Lab Guide

Web Resources

EXAMPLES OF MENDELIAN INHERITANCE

MENDELIAN GENETICS AND INHERITANCE

Basic Principles of Genetics from Palomar College [link]
Introduction to Mendelian genetics and inheritance from Maricopa Community College [link]
Mendelian genetics, genetic crosses problem set and sex-linked traits from University of Arizona [link]

COLOR BLIND EXAMPLE

Physiology of color vision from Howard Hughes Medical Center [link]
Simple family tree with inheritance of color-blind trait from University of Arizona [link]
The Causes of Color--a website about color vision, color in art and color blindness [link]
Hidden Talent--this page is full of color blind tests [link]
Colors for the color-blind--website design and color charts for color-blind people [link]
PowerPoint with detailed pedigree/genetic cross color blind example and lots of background [PPT download]

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA EXAMPLE (also saw with Blood topic)

Sickle cell anemia overview [link]
Animated video of Plasmodium life cycle [link]
Read background and see video about relation between malaria and sickle cell anemia in West Africa [link]
Do this self-guided tutorial on sickle cell anemia and its relationship with malaria--I suggest doing it step by step and really trying to answer the questions. It's a great review on genetics, some cell and molecular biology and evolution by point mutations in DNA. [link]

DNA from the beginning to get great understanding of relation between molecular genes and "classical genetics" [link]
Life cycle website: From meiosis to fertilization [link]
Simple meiosis animation from John Kyrk [link]
Similar animation from Cells Alive [link]
Another meiosis animation--this one has more text explanation, but not-so-great graphics [link]

Human Genome Project [link]

NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute) [link]

NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) [link]

BioInformatics [link]

Ethan White website--allometry and ecological patterns [link]

James Brown website [link]

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