Practical Introduction to Genetics
My notes to a physicist friend hoping to join me in a yeast lab
The lab where I work is interested in the mechanics of basic biological processes, which we dissect using yeast as a model organism.
A good friend, a physicist and technology marketing executive by training and profession, will hopefully be joining me in the lab. These are my informal notes to him to get him up to speed in a practical way for our lab, starting with classical methods. I hope that he, and others interested in making a career transition into a bio lab, will find this introduction useful as well.
The first installment was on molecular biology which you can find here.
The second installment was on biochemistry which you can find here:
This installment is about yeast genetics.
Please click on the hyperlinks throughout this article to get more details about a particular topic — and of course research them on your own. Let me know what you find, especially if there are discrepancies or errors.
1. Genetics
Genetics, as a human endeavor, began when we first intentionally domesticated plants and animals. Most of the process of domestication was probably unintentional, as when the wolf…
