Chapter 21 Helpful Hints!

Alright pretty people, my last blog. So many memories! Well, enjoy!

Ok, so I liked this video because it related genomics and proteomics to cancer, and we know cancer pretty well from previous chapters. He used proper terminology and explained genomics and proteomics in a nice simple way. Some of the terms he used were new to me, but after looking them up I found that they were just diseases. He clearly distinguished between proteomics and genomics. Lastly, he predicted how much information we could learn from genomics and proteomics in the future which was astonishing to me! This is a nice quick video to watch to learn a few facts about genomics and proteomics.

So, this video talked about transposons. It had very dramatic music in the background which was interesting. Anyway, yeah the video talked about transposons and the different types of transposons we have. He also talked about DNA fingerprinting and how people in families would have more similar transposons, than two random people. From there, he explained how two different species who are closely related have more similar transposons than less related species. He also talked about Alu, and how scientists have used it for all kinds of research. This is another short video to watch and pick up some quick easy facts. Enjoy!