Week Four: Overview

Finish Microbial Genomics ; Mobile DNA & HGT

Thanks for coming back for Week Four!

This week we will finish our adventures with all things microbial genomics, providing a survey of current sequencing progress and a tour through how to interpret and "decode" the genome. Next, we will discuss how genomes are impacted by foreign and mobile genetic elements, including viruses (phage), plasmids, free DNA, and jumpin' genes. Essentially, the raw materials that allow genomes to evolve and diversify host biology so they are successful (or not!) in their environment. An academic conjugal transfer of knowledge!

Readings

Videos

Assignments

Required readings: None
See optional textbook reading list on the Syllabus...

Lecture videos will uploaded approximately 8-12 hours after the live lectures. All videos will be embedded in the Week module pages and made available in the Media Gallery

Due THURSDAY October 29th

Homework #1: "An exercise in microbial gene sequence analysis"

Due THURSDAY October 29th

Quiz 2 = Lectures 3 (part II) - 7