Lecture 1-Introduction to Worm Genetics

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Lecture 2

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Lecture 3

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Lecture 4

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Web links to learn more about C. elegans molecular genetics:

Worm Breeding for Dummies: A Guide to Genetic Mapping in C elegans. Fay et al

The Art and Design of Genetic Screens: C. elegans. Jorgensen & Mango Nature Rev. Genet. 3: 356-69 (2002).

http://www.wormbook.org/

Epistasis

Look for the on-line version of the book C. elegans II at the ncbi web site:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books&term=c.+elegans

To explore C. elegans genomics and much more:

http://www.wormbase.org/
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http://elegans.swmed.edu/

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