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An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2021

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14.<br />

INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY<br />

<strong>An</strong>drea Bierema<br />

This unit addresses how DNA is read <strong>to</strong> create protein <strong>and</strong> that proteins determine an organism’s<br />

characteristics. It ends with a discussion on how we as humans can modify <strong>and</strong> edit DNA—which then affects<br />

protein synthesis—via genetic engineering.<br />

The Cell<br />

Review the main structures of a cell before continuing on <strong>to</strong> the next chapters. The following video gives a <strong>to</strong>ur<br />

of the cell:

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