Table of contents

1. Introduction to Genetics51m
2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance3h 37m
3. Extensions to Mendelian Inheritance2h 41m
4. Genetic Mapping and Linkage2h 28m
5. Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses1h 21m
6. Chromosomal Variation1h 48m
7. DNA and Chromosome Structure56m
8. DNA Replication1h 10m
9. Mitosis and Meiosis1h 34m
10. Transcription1h 0m
11. Translation58m
12. Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes1h 19m
13. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes44m
14. Genetic Control of Development44m
15. Genomes and Genomics1h 50m
16. Transposable Elements47m
17. Mutation, Repair, and Recombination1h 6m
18. Molecular Genetic Tools19m
- Genetic Cloning
  9m
- Methods for Analyzing DNA
  9m
19. Cancer Genetics29m
- Overview of Cancer
  21m
- Cancer Mutations
  7m
20. Quantitative Genetics1h 26m
21. Population Genetics50m
- Hardy Weinberg
  19m
- Allelic Frequency Changes
  31m
22. Evolutionary Genetics29m

15. Genomes and Genomics

Overview of Genomics

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15. Genomes and Genomics

Overview of Genomics

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Whole genome sequencing is particularly useful for rapid analysis of _____.

metabolic pathway regulation

protein folding mechanisms

epigenetic modifications only

genetic variation across an entire organism's DNA

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Understand the scope of whole genome sequencing (WGS): it involves determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time.

Recognize that WGS provides comprehensive information about all genetic material, including coding and non-coding regions, which allows for the detection of genetic variations such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), insertions, deletions, and structural variants.

Compare WGS to other methods that focus on specific aspects like metabolic pathways or protein folding, which are typically studied through targeted biochemical or proteomic approaches rather than sequencing the entire genome.

Note that epigenetic modifications involve chemical changes to DNA or histones that do not alter the DNA sequence itself, so while WGS can provide sequence data, it does not directly measure epigenetic changes.

Conclude that WGS is particularly useful for rapid analysis of genetic variation across an entire organism's DNA because it captures the full sequence information necessary to identify these variations.