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Depends on what your preferred mode of learning things is. If you like visual passive inputs like lectures or videos, then there are plenty of ressources on youtube even with lectures from ivy league universities.
If you want to take the more formal approach and you like reading I guess there are a lot of introductiory genetics textbooks. You could find a comprehensive list here : https://www.bioexplorer.net/best-genetics-textbooks.html/.
Nowadays its very easy to find free lectures. Do you know MITopencourseware, edx.org, coursera etc.? You can see top-notch videos of actual lectures from MIT/Harvard/Yale whatever, or on edx or coursera you get free interactive courses from top professors that you can take and learn at your own pace.
At my Unversity we started Genetics 101 with the Griffiths "An introduction to genetic analysis".
For molecular biology I very much recommend to get the 'big Alberts' it's the ONE book for molecular biology that you'll have to get anyway no matter what and it's awesome. I love it. Check it out on amazon *link*.
No matter if its molecular biology or genetics, the best tip I can give you is: Do not ignore the "problems" or "questions" section at the end of each chapter, especially when you like these kind of things. They are at least 50% of your learning effect, trust me.
Oh damn sorry, obviously I suffer from the same phenomenon as you do I just focused a bit more on your post and saw that you do not prefer study text books as first primary attempt to get information. So the first and most important life lesson I can try to give you on your way would be: Do not try to fix your 'weaknesses' but exploit your strengths. If you struggle with reading dry science books, don't try to fight through numerous textbooks and hope it to change. Accept your preferences of studying, they evolved during the previous decades of your life according to your way of learning. Try to find a way that makes you want to learn about stuff. If that's not reading, fine accept it. But if you know or guess what type of medium it is that makes you want to learn stuff, exploit that to the very maximum! You sound to function similar to me, I never loved dry textbooks as I am not able to focus for extended amounts of time (found out that I got ADHD during my studies, so that made me understand. If problems focusing on extended readings is a thing for you, consider ADHD too please :)). So the way I learned was by not going to lectures (do not recommend that though) and just zapping through the slides because that way I could choose the speed, look up stuff I did not get on the spot and keep me engaged. Just try to figure out what your most efficient way of learning things is (not only talking about studying, also if you are interested in something for your private life, this also hints towards how you like consuming information). That's an important lesson I learned during my decade at Unversity.
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source: I studied molecular biology starting 2010. 3 years of bachelors, 2 years of masters, and 4 years of PhD.
These texts tend to become outdated pretty quick, unfortunately. I used Genetics: A Conceptual Approach by Benjamin Pierce in undergrad for most of my degree program. It is alright but a bit dry, and while it does a great job explaining some concepts it just as often does poorly. I also really quite enjoyed Introduction to Genetic Analysis by Griffiths, et al., which I used earlier in my studies. I felt it did a better job of breaking topics and ideas down more than Pierce and it was laid out in a manner where each progressive chapter would build upon topics from the previous chapter instead of skipping around. Genetics is an interesting field of study, and hopefully these texts will help you achieve a better understanding of the topics that interest you (and others!).
Molecular biology of the cell (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-Bruce-Alberts/dp/0815341059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367877862&sr=8-1&keywords=molecular+biology+of+the+cell) and molecular biology of the gene (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Gene-James-Watson/dp/080539592X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367877885&sr=1-1&keywords=molecular+biology+of+the+gene) are two excellent resources for understanding genetics. If reading is what you're looking to do, begin with peer reviewed journals; textbooks become outdated quickly, but peer-reviewed journals give you a glimpse into the ideas which allowed us to better understand biological phenomena.
The best way to understand genetics is to become actively involved in such matters. Attend seminars with speakers working in cell or molecular biology fields. Get involved in research (this is by far the best thing you can do to improve your understanding of genetics).
Good luck!
Good call, I'll have to run more tests.
From what I've been reading
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I would want to instead look into 5-MTHF / methyl-b12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBUCeulUoe0. I was looking at taking a methyl-guard supplement once a day. (I threw the idea past a few nutritionists who thought maybe 1 a day wouldn't be bad.) Ideally, I'd like to get this testing done -- http://www.holisticheal.com/health-tests/nutrigenomic-testing, but, I don't really have the funds right now (I can barely afford Paleo food, haha.) Just trying to make sure I'm reading this raw data correctly.
(I don't have insurance or a primary.. or sweet geneticist cash. I do have 40 bucks for some methyl-guard that comes right out of the grass-fed meat fund, lol.)
I've been getting frequent migraines and was reading that extra folic acid / b vitamins were possibly able to help with that. In looking to eat more, I noticed this possibly reduced enzymatic activity that would change the ideal form of supplements for my chemistry.
In reading a little more, I might play it safe and just supplement with this -- http://www.amazon.com/L-5-MTHF-Sublingual-Metafolin-Methylcobalamin-Methylfolate/dp/B00822JNTC Tricky.
Edit: Did more testing. Better get to a geneticist.
Not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but a fabulous read nonetheless!
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0006531644/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_dNkuybCW2VKRZ
Edit: if you need to link to specific examples I'd suggest the eyes of our great buddies Drosophila but there are human examples of hypomorphic-linked conditions like primordial dwarfism, immune deficiency, insulin resistance etc. Is your professor trying to get you to link the genetic basis to phenotype/real-life outcome to show your understanding or has s/he gone through examples in lectures?
You have a lot of questions that are difficult to answer without first giving you a solid grounding in what genes are, and how DNA works (which some of your questions suggest you don't yet have).
I suggest you try Genes - I've linked to version VI which is quite cheap, and for the basics not too far behind the state of the art. I think the latest version is XII, which has a few negative reviews claiming it's too advanced for undergrad-level genetics, so I've pointed you to VI which was my undergrad text and I didn't find too hard-going.
I'll try to give you some pointers, though:
I hope that helps a little, but keep reading! And youtube/google are not always the best sources. Perhaps a deep knowledge of genetics isn't needed for your purposes, but knowing the basics should help, and might give you some new ideas/directions.
Yeah, I'm thinking about specializing in industrial property, that's the closest you can get I think. When I finish law school I'm planning on applying to an LLM in Law and Technology in Stanford University, here's their Law and Biosciences Center
You should read this, it's perfect for starters and really cool and after your read Next, you'll find Patent Law even more awesome!
> A really great basic textbook to Genetics that I used for my undergrad was Intro to Genetic Analysis by Alberts et al I think. Has a cute trio of doggos on the front cover!
That's by Griffiths et. al. It's a great book - I used the previous edition during my studies and still keep it on my shelf.
You can learn genetics without having to undertake any wet laboratory experiments in molecular biology/genetics.
Some suggested reading...
There is tons out there, if you want to do some "experimenting" you could try writing computer simulations of changes in gene frequency under selection pressure. Learning to code is also an invaluable skill/tool too these days.
Depends on what you're looking for.
If you mean population genetics:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Genetics-of-Populations-Philip-W-Hedrick/9780763747725?ref=bd_ser_1_1
If you mean genetic epidemiology:
https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Genetic-Epidemiology-Muin-Khoury/dp/0195052889
Plus, read this paper:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17554300
The problem is that everything gets outdated so quickly, but if you understand the pitfalls of a GWAS using 100K Affy SNP arrays, it's not a big leap to understand the related pitfalls using whole-exome sequencing as your genotyping method.
As a third option, I was going to list a preferred bioinformatics textbook, but it just seems silly to be honest. The best course of action is generally to learn to code (R or Python, plus BASH tools) and then to start using whatever software you're going to want to use to process genetic/epigenetic data.
If you are looking for a very broad overview of the molecular side of genetics, then I second previous comments that suggest Wikipedia. Start here and follow every link. If something isn't terribly clear to you, or you want more information about it, then read some of the journal articles linked in the references. Many of them are avaliable freely online, especially if you are accessing them from a college campus.
For online lecutre notes, you might find MIT's open courseware project to be helpful.
If you are looking specifically for a book to use, then Alberts et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell is considered a 'must have' bible for many practicing biological researchers. I find it a little too low level for deep knowledge. As a deeper alternative to Alberts, I suggest Weaver's Molecular Biology, which covers detailed molecular mechanisms of genetics at several different control levels, as well as including detailed descriptions of original experiments that uncovered the mechanisms, using figures from the original papers.
I am UK based, but their are no exam boards at university, so it makes no difference.
I recommend http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0123785944?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage . It makes genetics seem easy. Not much on genetic engineering though, but I'm not sure if that's a topic in the books yet as its a fairly new endeavour.
Saying that, "The Molecular biology of the cell" is the go to textbook for molecular biology studies. This is a solid textbook. The new edition is £60, but you can get the old edition for a lot cheaper on ebay though I tend to recommend new editions if you can afford it.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask or direct message me.
I used this YouTube Channel in the past when I was taking Biochem. He has some good videos on genetics and biochemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/user/mathdude2012/playlists
Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. You can find his entire intro course here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7E21BF91F3F9683
I would highly recommend his most recent book as well:
https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078
For general concepts in genetics, I recommend Introduction to Genetic Analysis. It's what a lot of undergraduate biology students are using now. Plus, the 10th edition is cheap because the 11th edition just came out. If you're more interested in a molecular understanding of the mechanisms at work, I recommend Molecular Biology: Structure and Dynamics of Genomes and Proteomes.
I used Human Molecular Genetics by Strachan and Read for a Human Genetics university course a while back. It has the basics in the early chapters, but also goes into more depth regarding the topics you're interested in. It looks like the newest edition has a new section on Human Evolutionary Genetics: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Molecular-Genetics-Tom-Strachan/dp/0815345895/ref=asc_df_0815345895/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=265989256760&hvpos=1o15&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11363577135974897694&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023224&hvtargid=pla-645787829197&psc=1
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Human Evolutionary Genetics by Jobling et al has a more specific focus, but is a bit dated (2013): https://www.amazon.com/Human-Evolutionary-Genetics-Mark-Jobling/dp/0815341482/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=human+evolutionary+genetics&qid=1571693034&sr=8-1
Postgrad geneticist here...I’d personally recommend molecular biology of the cell. It starts with basic principles and then gets increasingly more complex as it progresses.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0815344643/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1520383837&sr=8-2
It may be worth picking up an earlier second edition as the content doesn’t tend to vary greatly. Especially in well established concepts.
I found "The Gene" to be pretty helpful.
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https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukherjee/dp/1432837818
This is a good one:
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Molecular-Genetics-Fourth-Strachan/dp/0815341490
It doesn't talk about CRISPR, but if you don't have a biology background, there's obviously a lot of background information you need to know before you can try to understand CRISPR (which this book will provide).