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ANTH 3138

Introduction to DNA Molecular Methods

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Ancient DNA Foundations Recombinant DNA: : DNA is the primary
  • genetic material and 3: Elucidation of the genetic
  • code
  • Basic organization of DNA Recombinant DNA: : Methods of creating
  • recombinant DNA molecules
  • extinct ground sloth Nothrotheriops
  • shastensis
  • Ancient DNA: extraction, characterization
  • molecular cloning, and enzymatic
  • amplification
  • Quantification of DNA polymerase chain reaction
  • The unusual origin of the polymerase chain
  • reaction
  • DNA Enrichment & Species 1. A PCR method for detection of plant meals
  • Identification from the guts of insects
  • the gut of An. sergentii by DNA analysis

Readings

  • Watson JD, Gilman M, Witkowski JA, Zoller M. Recombinant DNA. 2nd ed. New York: Scientific American Books; 1992.
Fall 2025

Topics

  • primary genetic material and 3: Elucidation
  • of the genetic code
  • creating recombinant DNA molecules
  • Creating recombinant DNA 1. Molecular coproscopy: dung and diet
  • molecules of the extinct ground sloth
  • Nothrotheriops shastensis
  • Ancient DNA: extraction
  • characterization, molecular cloning
  • and enzymatic amplification
  • Quantification of DNA polymerase chain reaction
  • The unusual origin of the polymerase
  • chain reaction
  • DNA Enrichment & Species 1. A PCR method for detection of plant
  • Identification meals from the guts of insects
  • Species identification of plant tissues
  • from the gut of An. sergentii by DNA
  • analysis

Readings

  • Watson JD, Gilman M, Witkowski JA, Zoller M. Recombinant DNA. 2nd ed. New York: Scientific American Books; 1992.
Fall 2019

Topics

  • Date TOPICS Kit ID #Week Topic
  • Overview of DNA and DNA based methods
  • DNA Extraction methods and specifics of aDNA (ancient DNA). Ethics
  • of ancient DNA (aDNA) research and sampling
  • Nuclear vs. mitochondrial DNA inheritance applied in anthropology
  • Lab2 DNA Extraction
  • DNA polymorphism, SNP analysis, SINE (Alu), LINE and other
  • repeated genetic elements
  • DNA Fingerprinting and hybridization techniques
  • Lab4 DNA primer design and analysis. instructional manual
  • DNA amplification techniques
  • Lab5 DNA alignment and sequence analysis. instructional manual
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