Lecture

Genomics: Molecular Basis of Phenotypic Diversity

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This lecture explores the molecular phenomena beyond the genome, such as epigenetics, which play a crucial role in determining phenotypic diversity. It discusses the non-conserved genes between mouse and human as key determinants of diversity, highlighting the importance of functional molecules like RNA and proteins. The analogy of the genome being a dictionary with genes as words is used to explain how different organisms can create diverse 'sentences' with the same genetic 'words'. The lecture also delves into the comparison of human and chimpanzee genes, emphasizing the regulatory mutations that may account for their biological differences.

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