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Genetics 466 - Summer 2002

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Genetics 466 Summer 2002

Course Description

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Lecture Schedule and Reading Assignments
Lec Date Title Readings Downloads (PDF)
1 June 17 M Introduction Mendel's Law and Probability Ch. 3 pp. 52-61 H1, H2
Daily
2 June 18 T Inference and Analysing Pedigrees Ch. 3 pp. 61-69 H3
Daily
3 June 19 W Mitosis, Meiosis and Life Cycles Ch. 2 pp. 22-48 Daily
4 June 20 R Extensions of Mendelism - multiple alleles and interactions Ch. 4 pp. 72-87 Daily
5 June 24 M Inheritance of Complex Traits Ch. 5 pp. 91-107 H4
Daily
6 June 25 T Chromosomes, Heredity, and X-Linkage Ch. 6 pp. 116-135 Daily
7 June 26 W Linkage basic concepts, 2-point cross Ch. 8 pp. 167-176 H6
Daily
8 June 27 R Linkage 3-point cross, mapping functions Ch. 8 pp. 176-183 Program
Daily
July 1 M EXAM (Lectures 1-8) Practice Exam 1
9 July 2 T Linkage Analysis in Fungi Ch. 9 pp. 190-198 H7
Daily
10 July 3 W Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, Inversions & Translocations Ch. 7 pp. 138-164 H5
Daily
July 4 R FOURTH OF JULY
11 July 8 M Human Cytogenetics Ch. 7 pp. 138-164 Daily
12 July 9 T Chromosome Structure & Replication of DNA Ch. 10 pp. 219-246, Ch. 12 pp. 255-287 Daily
13 July 10 W Transcription and RNA Processing Ch. 12 pp. 292-317 Daily
14 July 11 R Translation and the Code Ch. 13 pp. 326-355 Daily
15 July 15 M Mutation, Repair & Molecular Recombination Ch. 14 pp. 358-393 Daily
16 July 16 T The Definition of the Gene: Looking Back Ch. 15 pp. 397-421 Daily
17 July 17 W Bacteriophage Genetics Ch. 16 pp. 429-443 Daily
18 July 18 R Bacterial Genetics Ch. 17 pp. 453-473 Daily
July 22 M EXAM (Lectures 9-18) Practice Exam 2
19 July 23 T Mobile Elements Ch. 18 pp. 476-493 Daily
20 July 24 W Techniques of Molecular Genetics Ch. 20 pp. 517-529, pp. 535-548 Daily
21 July 25 R Genomics and Genetic Engineering Ch. 21 pp. 553-567, Ch. 22 pp. 585-597 Daily
22 July 29 M Regulation in Prokaryotes Ch. 23 pp. 615-629 Daily
23 July 30 T Regulation in Eukaryotes Ch, 24 pp. 644-668 Daily
24 July 31 W Genetics in Behavior Ch. 26 pp. 720-726 H4
Daily
25 Aug. 1 R Introduction to Population Genetics Ch. 29 pp. 774-782 H9
Daily
26 Aug. 5 M Inbreeding & Selection Ch. 29 pp. 782-791, Ch. 5 pp. 107-113 H10,
H11
Daily
27 Aug. 6 T Drift & Evolution Ch. 29 pp. 786-788, pp. 790-793 Daily
Aug. 7 W Study Period
Aug. 8 R EXAM (Lectures 19-27) Practice Exam 3

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