• 10.5: DNA Technology in Your Life

    • The American Museum of Natural History: "Genes and Health – Moving Beyond Race" Page

      Watch the video and think about all the ideas and topics from this course that are explicitly or implicitly addressed in this single project. As you watch, consider the following questions:

      • What disease are the scientists studying?
      • What is the hypothesis that the scientists hope to support?
      • What causes human genetic variation?
      • How do scientists determine ancestry?
      • In terms of asthma, what can scientists determine when they compare ancestral patterns?
      • How might these findings be used in the future?