Biol. 240

Genetics

Fall 2012

Lecture Schedule		Week(s)	Chapter*	Problems
1. History of the Problem		1	1	S1-3
2. Mendelism		1	2	S1-5,C1-13,C17,C19,C21-24,E1-10
3. Beyond Mendelism		2	4	S1-5,C1-7,C9-12,E2,E4
4. Chromosome Theory of Inheritance		3	3	S1,S3,C1-12,C28,E2-3,E5
5. Sex Determination & Sex Linkage		4	3 4 5	S2,S5,C29-31 C14-15,C23-244,E3 C10-13,C16
6. Linkage and Mapping in Diploids		5,6	6	S1-3,S5,C1-2,C5-11,E20-21
7. Recombination in Fungi		6	6	C16-19,E25-26
8. Recombination in Bacteria		7	7	S2-3,C1-6,C9-10,E3-8
9. The Genetic Material(ch9) (ch11)		8,9	9 11	C1-4,C8,C13,C17-20,E6 C1-3
10. The Structure of Chromosomes		10	10	S1,S3,C2-3,C12-15,C24
11. Chromosome Mutations		11	8	S3-4,C1-10,C17-20,C31-34
12. Gene Mutations		12	16	S3-4,C1,C17-21
13. Gene Expression		14
	a. Transcription		12	S1,C1-5
	b. Translation		13	S1-3,C1-2,C6-10
14. Gene Regulation a. Prokaryotes b. Eukaryotes		15	14 15	C1-2,C8 C1

Exam Schedule	Week/Date	Points
1. Lecture Exam I	5M/Sep26	100
2. Lecture Exam II	9M/Oct24	100
3. Lecture Exam III	13M/Nov21	100
4. Final Exam	16M/Dec12	200
	Lecture total =	500

Week	Laboratory Topic	Points
1	Mendel (1866)
2	Blending versus Particulate Inheritance	20
3	Cross I - Demonstrations of the Principle of Segregation and Sex Linkage; Dominance-Recessive Test	50
4	Cross II - Demonstrations of the Principle of Independent Assortment and Gene Interaction; Cis-Trans Complementation Test	50
5	Cross I; Probability and Statistics	20
6	Cross II; Corn Genetics	20
7	Cross I
8	Cross II
9	Cross III - Chromosome Localization of a Mutation	50
10	Cross IV - Gene Mapping	50
11	Cross III
12	Cross IV; Human Chromosomes	20
13	Cross III
14	Cross IV
15	Crosses III-IV; tba	20
	Lab total =	300

* Brooker, Robert J. (2012). Genetics. Analysis and Principles. 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, NY, NY