WISTR Summer Workshop Links for Edwin Wong

Background Reading: Genetic Molecules

• Molecules of Genetics
• Chromosomal DNA and its Packaging in Chromatin Fiber
• DNA, RNA, and the Flow of Genetic Information
• DNA Form & Function
• Transformation of DNA Information Into Functional Molecules
• Amino Acids Are Encoded by Groups of Three Bases

 

Modules: DNA, Chromosomes, & Gene Expression

• Tour of the basics of molecular genetics
• What can our chromosomes tell us?
• Match chromosomes in a karyotype
• Have Your DNA and Eat It, too!
• From Genes to Protein
• Reading DNA
• Mutate the Sentence

Background Reading: Classical Genetics

• Classical Genetics
• Inheritance Patterns of Individual Genes
• Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Inheritance
• Chi-Square Test

 

Modules: Genetic Inheritance

• Mendelian Genetics tutorials & problem sets
• Virtual Fly Lab

 

Research

• Wong Research
• Research Questionnaire (.doc)
WISTR 2006-2007 Research Team
 

NAME / AFFILIATION / PROJECT TITLE

  1. Karen Beitler ( ) - Effects of Soil Amendments Upon Legumes and Associated Rhizobia Bacterial Species

  2. Jeff Brentson ( ) - Production of DNA Barcodes for Local Marine Fish Species

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  3. Luanne LaRose ( ) - DNA Fingerprint Comparison of Various Freshwater Aquarium Fish

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  4. Stacy Evans (WestConn undergraduate fellow) - Molecular Population Genetic Analysis of the Aquatic Flowering Plant Podostemum ceratophyllum (Podostemaceae)

WISTR is funded by the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, Connecticut Department of Higher Education.