Basics of Human Genetics
Welcome! I am so excited to explore the world of human genetics with you. Before we dive into the building blocks of life, I'd love to know a bit about your background in biology or genetics, and if there's a specific reason or area of interest that brought you to this topic?
I have some basic biology background and want to learn about genetic diseases.
It's wonderful to have you here! Since you already have some background in biology, we can move straight into how these concepts specifically apply to human health and disease.
Your path
Principles of Inheritance
Patterns of Inheritance
Genetic Variation and Disease
Modern Genetics and Implications
The Book of You
To understand how genetic diseases occur, we first have to look at the master instruction manual: the .
If you think of your entire genetic makeup as an immense library, the genome is the complete set of books that contains every single instruction for building, running, and maintaining your body.
Formally, is the study of how these instructions are passed down through generations, how they vary from person to person, and what happens when there is a typographical error in the text.