"The gene is dead; long live the gene." - Jerry A. Coyne

Supplementary videos

Chromosome 11 Flyover: 3:15: 60% olfactory genes nonfunctional
Drosophila internal clock: period, timeless, doubletime genes (2017 Nobel Prize) (HHMI)
Inhibiting HIV reverse transcriptase: nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
From DNA to protein: transcription and transcription
RNA can fold like a protein and act as a catalyst (HHMI)
Thymine Dimers: mutation and repair of DNA damaged by UV
A mutation story: why can dogs synthesize vitamin C, but not humans and other primates?
The evolution of lactose tolerance (persistence): mutation in (non-coding) gene switch

Extra credit readings

• DNA barcodes for seafood EarthSky 6/23/12
• Ancient Siberian Genome Reveals Genetic Origins of Native Americans ScienceDaily 11/20/13
• Carnivorous plant throws out 'junk' DNA University at Buffalo 5/13/13
• The Sea Change That's Challenging Biology's Central Dogma Discover Magazine 11/3/09
• Alternative splicing and disease ScienceDirect January 2009
• How Did Humans Develop Lactose Tolerance? The Salt 12/28/12
• 'Asian Glow' Gene Shows Drinking Less Cuts Heart Risk Bloomberg 7/11/14

Additional material

• How much DNA do you have?
• List of organisms by chromosome count
• How many mutations do your cells have?
• What caused this deletion mutation?