Chapter 1: Introduction to the human genome

For this course we will learn most of the relevant biology background as we go. This chapter goes over some basic concepts related to the human genome you will need to be familiar with and which you can use to refer back to.

• 1.1 The structure of DNA
• 1.2 Organization of the human genome
• 1.3 Genes and the central dogma
• 1.4 The non-coding genome
• 1.5 Genetic variation terminology