Module 1. Mendelian genetics

Overview



Lectures

Lecture 1.1. Mendel's crosses      Script      Slides

Lecture 1.2. Mendelian inheritance in humans      Script      Slides

Lecture 1.3. Pedigrees      Slides

Supplementary Materials

If you got interested in founding papers of genetics discussed in this Module - you will find here Mendel's and Garrod's publications. For pedigree construction and analysis you might find useful Recommendations for Standardized Human Pedigree Nomenclature with the hypothetical clinical pedigree, using recommended nomenclature.

Garrod, Lancet 1902
Mendel, 1865
Recommendations for Standardized Human Pedigree Nomenclature_ajhg1995



I also recommend you visit the following websites:
- Professor's McDonald site on Myths of Human Genetics (mentioned in Lecture 1.2.): http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/mythintro.html
- DNA from the Beginning, Concept 13: Mendelian laws apply to human beings (lively animation with pedigree analysis and problem concerning inheritance of alkaptonuria): http://www.dnaftb.org/13/