A. Anything further you'd like to discuss regarding the notes,
Strategies of Life and the
self-assembly tutorial?
Concerning What is a Gene?
B. How far have you gotten in the tutorial,
What is a Gene? and its
companion?
You can answer by referring to the last item you addressed (e.g. III.3).
C. Provide a statement that describes as accurately and completely as possible your current understanding regarding how a cell determines where a gene begins.
Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (as defined by the tour What is a Gene?):
D. The relationship between a gene and a genome
E. The coordinate system
F. How to go about identifying a gene from within a DNA sequence
Any of these topics still causing you concern? If so, how? What have you tried to do to gain insight?
G. Research Proposal
Are you relatively clear on the nature of the research proposal and how it will play out? (if not, try the
Research Proposal page)
Are you happy with your topic and current candidate mentor (presumably the person you named in Exam 1)?