BIOS 477/877 Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution (3 credits)

[Last updated: January 20, 2024]

Molecular Biology/Genetics/Genomics Tutorials:

• Scitable by Nature Education (a free science library and personal learning tool, including genetics/genomics, cell biology, ecology)
  
  
• Downloadable chapters from Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 8th ed. by Hartl & Ruvolo [Concise reading to quickly get the very basics of molecular genetics]
  • Chapter 1 Genes, Genomes, and Genetic Analysis
  • Chapter 4 Chromosomes and Sex-Chromosome Inheritance
  
  
• Another downloadable chapter from Genetics of Populations, Fourth Edition by Phillip W. Hedrick
  [A nice chapter explaining genetic drift]
  • Chapter 4 Genetic Drift and Effective Population Size (~21MB)
  
  
• Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms @ NCBI
• About Genomics @ National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH/NHGRI)
• The Human Genome Project @ NIH/NHGRI
• Human Microbiome Project @ NIH
  
  
• More online textbooks @ NCBI
  • Genomes (2nd ed.) by Brown
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th ed.) by Alberts et al.
  • More books are available from NCBI Bookshelf. Some books (including Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd ed. by Alberts et al.) are accesible only using keyword searches.
  
  
• More online books/tutorials for molecular biology/genetics/genomics
  • DNA from the Beginning @ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • EMBL-EBI: On-demand training
  • Molecular Biology and Biotechnology - A Virtual Textbook by Michael Blaber
  • Genetics Learning Resources at the Jackson Laboratory
  • DOE HGP Genomics Primers (old)
  • Introduction to Biology (Video lecture series including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, etc.)
  • 123 Genomics
  • Learn.Genetics: Genetics Science Learning Center @ University of Utah
  • Biological Basis of Heredity by Dennis O'Neil @ Palomar College
  • Biology @ Khan Academy
  
  
• Next-generation sequencing tutorials
  • Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis Resources by NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
  • Next Generation Sequencing Practical Course @ EMBL-EBI Training
  • Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Basics by ThermoFisher
  • A beginner's guide to NGS by Illumina
  • More tutorials by Illumina
  • Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) Sequecing technology @ Pacific Biosciences (PacBio)
  • Nanopore sequencing @ Oxford Nanopore Technologies
  
  
• Animated tutorials (Plug-in may be required)
  • Tutorials in Molecular Biology (including transcription, translation, gene cloning)
  • HHMI's BIoInteractive
  • Animamted Tutorials: Molecular Biology by Sumanas, Inc.
  • Bio alive: The life science video share
  • Biology Animation @ DNA Learning Center
  • Genome: Unlocking Life's Code by NHGRI and NMNH
  • JoVE Core: Molecular Biology (videos)
  • JoVE Science Education: Advanced Biology (videos)