| Unit name | The Human Genome |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SSCM30007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Santi Rodriguez |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
This is part of an intercalated BSc for Medical, Veterinary or Dental students |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Medical School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The structure of our genome and the inhabitants of the genomic zoo, how genes are regulated, how genomes vary between people, and how DNA sequence relates to epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics.
After this component of the course, students will be able to:
1) describe the structure and function of the human genome
2) understand and be able to summarise the ways the genome is regulated
3) describe and interpret how DNA varies between people, and reason about the effects of this variation
4) apply understanding and reflect on the inheritance of Mendelian and complex traits
5) relate DNA variation to variation in higher level ‘omics
6) integrate the content from across the unit to reason about the human genome as a whole
7) explore and interpret the literature related to the human genome
Methods of Teaching
This unit will be delivered in the form of a blended learning approach. Teaching will include interactive synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Where appropriate, this unit will include some on-campus teaching, but all materials will be available for online learning.
Student Input
20 contact hours, 20 hours coursework, a proportion of an end-of-programme assessment, and 150 hours independent study
Assessment Details
50% of the unit is assessed through in-unit coursework
Remaining 50% through an end-of-programme assessment
Lewin – Genes XI - 2013
Strachan and Read – Human Molecular Genetics – 4th Edition - 2010
Hartl and Clark – Principles of Population Genetics – 4th Edition - 2007
Devlin B, Risch N (1995) A comparison of linkage disequilibrium measures for fine-scale mapping. Genomics 29: 311-322.
Devlin B, Roeder K (1999) Genomic control for association studies. Biometrics 55: 997-1004.
Marchini J, Cardon LR, Phillips MS, Donnelly P (2004) Genomic Control to the Extreme. Nature Genetics 36: 1129-1131.
Marchini J, Cardon LR, Phillips MS, Donnelly P (2004) The effects of human population structure on large genetic association studies. Nature Genetics 36: 512-517.
HAPMAP (2005) A haplotype map opf the human genome. Nature 437: 1299-1320.
Marchini J, Donnelly P, Cardon LR (2005) Genome-wide strategies for detecting multiple loci that influence complex diseases. Nature Genetics 37: 413-417.
Maller J, George S, Purcell S, Fagerness J, Altshuler D, Daly M, Seddon JM (2006) Common variation in three genes, including a noncoding variant in CFH, strongly influences risk of age-related macular degeneration.
Nature Genetics 38: 1055-1059.
Price AL, Patterson NJ, Plenge RM, Weinblatt ME, Shadick NA, Reich D (2006) Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies. Nature Genetics 38: 904-909.
HAPMAP (2007) A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs. Nature 449: 851-861.
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (2007) Genome-wide association study of 14, 000 cases of seven common diseases and 3, 000 shared controls. Nature 447: 661-678.
Daetwyler HD, Villanueva B, Woolliams JA (2008) Accuracy of predicting the genetic risk of disease using a genome-wide approach. PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource] 3: e3395.
Hill WG, Goddard ME, Visscher PM (2008) Data and Theory Point to Mainly Additive Genetic Variance for Complex Traits. PLoS Genet 4: e1000008.
McCarthy MI, Abecasis GR, Cardon LR, Goldstein DB, Little J, Ioannidis JP, Hirschhorn JN, McCarthy MI, Abecasis GR, Cardon LR, et al. (2008) Genome-wide association studies for complex traits: consensus, uncertainty and challenges. Nat Rev Genet 9: 356-369.
Visscher PM, Hill WG, Wray NR (2008) Heritability in the genomics era - concepts and misconceptions. Nat Rev Genet 9: 255-266.
Houle D (2011) Measurement and meaning in biology. 86: 3-34.
ENCODE (2011) A user's guide to the encyclopedia of DNA elements (ENCODE). PLoS Biology 9.
ENCODE (2012) An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome. Nature 489: 57-74.
