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Class Schedule*:

DATE

 

LECTURE TOPIC

TEXT READING

PROBLEM SETS

 

LAB TOPIC

Sept 9

 

Sept 11

W

 

F

Course Introduction, History of Genetics

Mendelian Genetics

Ch.1: 1-15

 

Ch.3: 42-54

 

9/10

Lab Safety,

Intro. to Lab.

Corn/yeast/

Mitosis (Ch.2:20-27)

Sept 14

Sept 16

Sept 18

M

W

F

Mendelian Genetics

Extentions of Mendelian Genetics

Ch.3: 42-54

Ch.4: 70-95

 

9/17

Meiosis (Ch.2: 27-36)

 

Yeast replica

Sept 21

Sept 23

Sept 25

M

W

F

 

Linkage, Crossing Over/Mapping in Eukaryotes

 

 

Ch.5: 105-133

 

Problem set 1 due

 

9/24

Dihybrid cross results

Probability/Chi-Square analysis (Ch.3: 54-50)

Sept 28

Sept 30

Oct 2

M

W

F

Sex Chromosomes

 

Variation in Chromosome number

Ch.7: 173-192

 

Ch.8: 198-208

 

10/1

Virtual Fly Lab

Oct 5

Oct 7

Oct 9

M

W

F

Variation in Chromosome Structure

Extranuclear Inheritance

Exam 1

Ch.8: 208-221

Ch.9:231-239

Problem set 2 due

10/8

Virtual Fly Lab

Sordaria Linkage

 

Oct 13

Oct 14

Oct 16

 

 

T

W

F

Columbus Day—No Classes 10/12

Chemical Structure of DNA

 

Replication of DNA

 

Ch.10: 245-264

 

Ch.11: 278-294

 

 

10/15

 

Human Genetics

Chapter 3: 59-61

 

 

Oct 19

Oct 21

Oct 23

M

W

F

Recombination

Chromosome Structure

Ch. 11:294-297

Ch 12: 302-317

Problem set 3 due

10/22

Lab Exam 1

Oct 26

Oct 28

Oct 30

M

W

F

The Genetic Code & Transcription

Translation and Proteins

Gene Mutation and DNA Repair

Ch.14: 352-273

Ch. 15:382-403

Ch.16: 410-418

 

10/29

Karyotyping Lab

Chapter 11: 287-288

Introduction to Electrophoresis

Chapter 10: 270

Nov 2

Nov 4

Nov 6

M

W

F

Gene Mutation and DNA Repair

Regulation of Gene expression in Eukaryotes

 

Ch.16: 421-427

Ch 18: 457-479

 

Problem set 4 due

11/5

Bacterial Mutagenesis

OR Isolation of DNA

 

 

Nov 9

Nov 11

Nov 13

M

W

F

Reg. of Gene expression in Euks.

Veterans Day—No Classes 11/11

Exam 2

 

 

 

 

11/12

 

Bacterial Transformation

 

Nov 16

Nov 18

Nov 20

M

W

F

Genetics of Cancer

 

 

Ch. 20:511-527

 

Problem set 5 due

11/19

Microarrary

Chapter 17 p. 451-452; chapter 24 p. 646-651

Nov 23

Nov 25

 

M

W

Recombinant DNA Technology

**
Fri – no classes; Thanksgiving**

Ch.13: 323-332

 

 

11/26

No Lab

 

Nov 30

Dec 2

Dec 4

M

W

F

Recombinant DNA Technology

Exam 3

 

Ch.13: 332-333, 339-345

 

Problem set 6 due

12/3

Cancer Cells

Cancer detection

Dec 7

Dec 9

Dec 11

M

W

F

Applications of DNA Technology

 

Population Genetics

Ch.24:633-635, 643-646

 

Ch. 27:710-715

 

12/10

 

Lab Exam 2

 

Dec 14

Dec 16

M

W

Presentations

Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 17-22 

Final Exam Week

 

 

 

 

*This schedule may change during the course of the semester; some topics may be deleted if we get behind.   You will only be responsible for the material we discuss in class for exams. 

**Tuesday November 24th : Last Day to Withdraw from a course without penalty.  I do not withdraw students who stop attending—it is your responsibility to withdraw yourself from the class.  Students who do not withdraw must be assigned a grade based on completed work.  This grade cannot be changed at a later time.