1. Why study genetics? It has a profound effect on your life!

2. #1 You are a product of half of your mother’s genes and half of your father’s genes—a unique combination (unless you are an identical twin)

3. #Health care and medicine Some diseases are caused by a mutation in a single gene – Rare – Risk of inheritance can be predicted

4. resres Many diseases have a genetic basis but are affected by environment. – Many cancers – Heart disease – Obesity – diabetes

5. p Some medicine is produced using biotechnology – Insulin – Human growth hormone

6. Some diseases like high blood pressure respond differently to medications based on genetics – African-Americans and high blood pressure

7. Agriculture Genetically modified food Animals fed supplements and hormones

8. Establishing Identity and ancestry Forensics – Murder – Rape – Exoneration

9. Identity Plane crashes War Mass graves 9/11

10. Ancestry Adopted children example

11. ecology Sequencing all the DNA in a habitat – Human large intestine – Soil – ocean

12. NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body