U3A GENETICS = THE SCIENCE OF INHERITANCE
This course will be in 3 parts, each probably lasting one term.
This is a developmental course which means each lesson builds on the one before. It will be part lecture and part activities (these are fun) and you may even get homework. You will need pens, a ruler and a note book. This is a great course to excite the neurones to form new pathways, sweep away some of the myths about inheritance and allow you to speak with some understanding of some of the new technologies.
This course will be in 3 parts, each probably lasting one term.
- Will include topics such genes and chromosomes and how they control how the body works and how they are inherited from generation to generation according to the laws of inheritance
- DNA and how it provides a genetic code, how it can be changed (mutation), DNA fingerprinting, genetic modification by humans
- How genetics affects and explains evolution, the issues of genetic engineering and reproductive cloning.
This is a developmental course which means each lesson builds on the one before. It will be part lecture and part activities (these are fun) and you may even get homework. You will need pens, a ruler and a note book. This is a great course to excite the neurones to form new pathways, sweep away some of the myths about inheritance and allow you to speak with some understanding of some of the new technologies.