Lecture Schedule for Genetics 320
, updated 28 September 1999
| Date |
Lec # |
Day |
Lecture Topics |
|
Readings |
|
| 23-Aug |
1 |
Monday |
Introduction to Course; Probability theory 1 |
Walsh |
pp. 30-32, 157 |
|
| 25-Aug |
2 |
Wednesday |
Probability theory 2 |
Walsh |
Handout |
PS1 handed out |
| 27-Aug |
3 |
Friday, AM |
Mendelian analysis 1 |
Walsh |
Chapter 2 |
|
| 27-Aug |
4 |
Friday, PM |
Mendelian analysis 2 |
Walsh |
Chapter 2 |
|
| 30-Aug |
5 |
Monday |
Chromosomal theory of inheritance |
Walsh |
pp. 55-64, 68-71 |
|
| 1-Sep |
6 |
Wednesday |
Extensions of Mendelian analysis |
Walsh |
Chapter 4 |
|
| 3-Sep |
7 |
Friday, AM |
Sex chromosomes & sex determination |
Walsh |
pp. 70-76 |
PS 1 due / PS 2 handed out |
| 3-Sep |
8 |
Friday, PM |
Sex linkage / Review problem set |
Walsh |
pp. 64-67 |
|
| 6-Sep |
|
Monday |
LABOR DAY |
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| 8-Sep |
9 |
Wednesday |
Genetics of color vision |
Walsh |
|
|
| 10-Sep |
10 |
Friday, AM |
Linkage 1 |
Walsh |
pp. 132-135 |
PS 2 due / PS 3 handed out |
| 10-Sep |
11 |
Friday, PM |
Linkage 2 / Review problem set |
Walsh |
pp. 123-31, 142-4 |
|
| 13-Sep |
12 |
Monday |
3-point test crosses |
Walsh |
pp. 131-135 |
|
| 15-Sep |
13 |
Wednesday |
Genetic Maps and Mapping functions |
Walsh |
pp. 158-159 |
|
| 17-Sep |
14 |
Friday, AM |
Mapping QTLs 1 |
Walsh |
pp. 838-42 |
PS 3 due / PS 4 handed out |
| 17-Sep |
15 |
Friday, PM |
Mapping QTLs 2 / Review problem set |
Walsh |
|
|
| 20-Sep |
16 |
Monday |
Tetrad analysis |
Walsh |
pp. 159-167 |
|
| 22-Sep |
17 |
Wednesday |
Mutation |
Walsh |
Chapter 7 |
|
| 24-Sep |
18 |
Friday, AM |
Chromosome Structure Changes 1 |
Walsh |
Chapter 8 |
PS 4 due / PS 5 handed out |
| 25-Sep |
19 |
Friday, PM |
Chromosome Structure Changes 2 / Review problem set |
Walsh |
Chapter 8 |
|
| 27-Sep |
20 |
Monday |
Changes in Chromosome Number |
Walsh |
Chapter 9 |
|
| 29-Sep |
|
Wednesday |
Review for Exam 1 |
Walsh |
|
PS 5 due |
| 1-Oct |
|
Friday, AM |
EXAM ONE |
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| 1-Oct |
|
Friday, PM |
No Class (Exam 1 grading) |
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| 4-Oct |
21 |
Monday |
Human Genetic Disease |
Adams |
p. 3-8, 32-37, 71-73, 354-5, 356-7
|
PS 6 handed out |
| 6-Oct |
22 |
Wednesday |
Cloning human disease genes I |
Adams |
pp. 425, 439-43, 448-9, 524-8, 533-36.
|
|
| 8-Oct |
23 |
Friday, AM |
Cloning human disease genes II |
Adams |
pp. 425, 439-43, 448-9, 524-8, 533-36. |
PS 6 due / PS 7 handed out |
| 8-Oct |
24 |
Friday, PM |
Review Problem Set 6 |
Adams |
|
|
| 11-Oct |
25 |
Monday |
Using cloned genes for disease screening |
Adams |
482-86 |
|
| 13-Oct |
26 |
Wednesday |
Using cloned genes for gene therapy |
Adams |
pp. 478-82 |
|
| 15-Oct |
27 |
Friday, AM |
Using cloned genes to understand molecular defects |
Adams |
|
PS 7 due / PS 8 handed out |
| 15-Oct |
28 |
Friday, PM |
Review Problem Set 7 |
Adams |
|
|
| 18-Oct |
29 |
Monday |
Using mice as a model organism |
Adams |
pp. 477-8 |
|
| 20-Oct |
30 |
Wednesday |
Using flies as a model organism |
Adams |
pp. 65, 214-6, 766-75 |
|
| 22-Oct |
31 |
Friday, AM |
Using worms as a model organism |
Adams |
pp. 724, 735, |
PS 8 due / PS 9 handed out |
| 22-Oct |
32 |
Friday, PM |
Review Problem Set 8 |
Adams |
|
|
| 25-Oct |
33 |
Monday |
Using yeast as a model organism |
Adams |
pp. 672, 726 |
|
| 27-Oct |
34 |
Wednesday |
Designing mutant hunts |
Adams |
|
|
| 29-Oct |
35 |
Friday, AM |
Mutant analysis I |
Adams |
|
|
| 29-Oct |
36 |
Friday, PM |
Review Problem Set 9 |
Adams |
|
|
| 1-Nov |
37 |
Mon |
Mutant analysis II |
Adams |
|
PS 9 due |
| 3-Nov |
|
Wednesday |
Review for Exam 2 |
Adams |
|
|
| 5-Nov |
|
Friday, AM |
EXAM TWO |
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| 5-Nov |
|
Friday, PM |
No Class (Exam 2 grading) |
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|
| 8-Nov |
38 |
Monday |
Extranuclear inheritance |
Walsh |
Chapter 17 |
|
| 10-Nov |
&39 |
Wednesday |
Recombination & gene conversion 1 |
Walsh |
Chapter 20 |
|
| 12-Nov |
40 |
Friday, AM |
Recombination & gene conversion 2 |
Walsh |
Chapter 20 |
|
| 12-Nov |
|
Friday, PM |
Recombination & gene conversion 3 |
Walsh |
|
|
| 15-Nov |
41 |
Monday |
Population Genetics 1 |
Walsh |
Chapter 26 |
PS 10 handed out |
| 17-Nov |
42 |
Wednesday |
Population Genetics 2 |
Walsh |
Chapter 26 |
|
| 19-Nov |
43 |
Friday, AM |
Population Genetics 3 |
Walsh |
Chapter 26 |
PS 10 due / PS 11 handed out |
| 19-Nov |
|
Friday, PM |
problem set review |
Walsh |
|
|
| 22-Nov |
44 |
Monday |
Population Genetics 4 |
Walsh |
|
|
| 24-Nov |
45 |
Wednesday |
Molecular Evolution |
Walsh |
|
PS 11 due / PS 12 handed out |
| 26-Nov |
|
Friday |
THANKSGIVING |
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|
|
| 29-Nov |
46 |
Monday |
Quantitative Genetics 1: Resemblance between relatives |
Walsh |
Chapter 27 |
|
| 1-Dec |
47 |
Wednesday |
Quantitative genetics 2: Variance components |
Walsh |
Chapter 27 |
|
| 3-Dec |
48 |
Friday, AM |
Quantitative genetics 3: Response to selection |
Walsh |
Chapter 27 |
PS 12 due |
| 3-Dec |
|
Friday, PM |
review problem set |
Walsh |
|
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| 6-Dec |
|
Monday |
EXAM THREE |
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| 8-Dec |
|
Wednesday |
go over exam 3, review for final |
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| 15-Dec |
|
Wednesday |
FINAL |
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