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Course Outline

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Class Schedule - Spring 2012

DateTopicReadingAssignments
Introduction
   WelcomeWelcome message
  Mon 1/9/2012NO LAB
  Tue 1/10/2012Introduction to the courseReview syllabus
  Thu 1/12/2012The science of geneticsCh 1: 1-14
Basics of Mendelian genetics
  Mon 1/16/2012Martin Luther King: NO LAB
  Tue 1/17/2012Beginnings of Mendelian geneticsCh 3: 39-43
Mendel's experiments: monohybrid crossesCh 3: 43-47, 49Problem set 1
  Thu 1/19/2012Mendel's experiments: dihybrid crossesCh 3: 52-53Problem set 2
  Mon 1/23/2012LAB: Garden of Inheritance (film)
Probability and statistical analysis
  Tue 1/24/2012ProbabilityCh 3: 48-49, 53-56Problem set 3
  Thu 1/26/2012The chi-square testCh 3: 56-59Problems 4.01-4.05
  Mon 1/30/2012LAB: Corn genetics
  Tue 1/31/2012Pedigree analysisCh 3: 59-62Problems 4.06-4.08
Extensions of Mendelian genetics
  Thu 2/2/2012Incomplete dominance, lethals, etc.Ch 4: 69-70 and 82-85Problems 5.01-5.02
  Mon 2/6/2012LAB: Drosophila culture
  Tue 2/7/2012FIRST EXAM (through pedigrees)Chapters 1 and 3Study guide
  Thu 2/9/2012Multiple alleles, epistasisCh 4: 85-92Problems 5.03-5.07
  Mon 2/13/2012LAB: Drosophila crossing methods
  Tue 2/14/2012EpistasisCh 4: 87-92Problems 5.08-5.14
  Thu 2/16/2012Quantitative inheritanceCh 4: 97-98, Ch 16: 407-413Problems 5.15
Cytoplasmic inheritanceCh 4: 93-96
The chromosome theory
  Mon 2/20/2012LAB: Drosophila crosses
  Tue 2/21/2012NO CLASS: Dr. T was out
  Thu 2/23/2012Sex determination and sex-linkageCh 4: 70-82Problem set 6
Chromosome basicsCh 2: 15-20
  Mon 2/27/2012LAB: Computer simulation I
  Tue 2/28/2012Cell cycle, mitosisCh 2: 20-25
MeiosisCh 2: 25-30, Ch 3: 45-46
  Thu 3/1/2012Life cyclesCh 2: 31-35Problem set 7
  Mon 3/5/2012LAB: Drosophila crosses
  Tue 3/6/2012Chromosome variationCh 7: 167-188Problem set 8
Linkage
  Thu 3/8/2012SECOND EXAM (through life cycles)Study guide
  Mon 3/12/2012Spring Break
  Tue 3/13/2012Spring Break
  Thu 3/15/2012Spring Break
  Mon 3/19/2012LAB: Drosophila crosses
  Tue 3/20/2012LinkageCh 5: 107-119
  Thu 3/22/20122-Point mappingCh 5: 119-121Problems 9.01-9.05
  Mon 3/26/2012LAB: Drosophila crosses
  Tue 3/27/20123-Point mappingCh 5: 121-130Problems 9.06-9.09
  Thu 3/29/2012Tetrad analysisLecture onlyProblems 9.10-9.12
Molecular genetics
  Mon 4/2/2012LAB: Drosophila crosses
  Tue 4/3/2012Introduction to molecular geneticsCh 8: 193-200
  Thu 4/5/2012DNA structureCh 8: 200-204Problems 10.01-10.06
Properties of DNALecture only
  Mon 4/9/2012LAB: Computer crosses 2
  Tue 4/10/2012THIRD EXAM (through DNA structure)Study guide
  Thu 4/12/2012ReplicationCh 9: 219-232Problems 10.07-10.10
  Mon 4/16/2012Basics of gene action (lab period)Course evaluation
Transcription (lab period)Ch 10: 243-252Problems 11.01-11.06
  Tue 4/17/2012TranslationCh 11: 271-288Problem 11.07-11.12
  Thu 4/19/2012Gene regulationCh 12: 289-301Problem 11.13
  Mon 4/23/2012LAB: Complete projects
Population genetics
  Tue 4/24/2012Population geneticsCh 17: 429-440
  Thu 4/26/2012Population geneticsCh 17: 429-440Problem set 12
The Blind Watchmaker
  Tue 5/1/2012FINAL EXAM 3:00 PMStudy guide

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