Genetics was one of my very favorite courses during undergrad. I thought it was fun and interesting. I’m sure it’d get pretty boring eventually, but my intro, 300-level class was really cool.
I recently found this talk by canine geneticist Dr. Elaine Ostrander on the NIH’s podcast list. It was presented as a Wednesday Afternoon Lecture way back in October. Of course that means I finally got around to listening to it earlier this week. It’s an interesting lecture – especially for anyone interested in all of the weirdness that goes on in purebred dogs. She touches on things like the genes for certain coat types and even on the genetics of “bully whippets.” Some of this may be a little heavy if you’re rusty on your science skills, but I thought it was fun to listen to while I was at work.
Dr. Ostrander also has links to her lab’s work up on the NHGRI dog genome website.
