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Week (Mon.)
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Meneely chapter
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Topic
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Units
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1/23 |
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Overview |
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1/30 |
Ch. 1 |
The Logic of Genetic Analysis |
Informatics: Internet resources
M1: The Logic of Genetic Analysis
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2/6 |
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Review of Mendel's laws. |
Mendel's Laws
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2/13 |
Ch. 2 |
Model Organisms:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Arabidopsis thaliana, Mus musculus |
M2: Model Organisms
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2/20 |
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Exam Feb. 23 |
Online collaborative review rather than online content. |
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2/27 |
Ch. 3 |
Identifying Mutants |
Probability: Principles of probability for genetics
M3: Identifying mutants
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3/5 |
Ch. 4 |
Classifying Mutants |
M4: Classifying mutants
DNA: Replication, repair, recombination, segregation
Linkage: Principles of human genetics I, linkage analysis
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3/12 |
Ch. 5 |
Mapping and "cloning" |
M5: Connecting a phenotype to a DNA sequence
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3/26 |
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Exam March 29 |
Online collaborative review rather than online content. |
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4/2 |
Ch. 6 Ch. 7 |
Reverse Genetics Genome-wide Screens |
GWAS: Human genetics II, genome-wide association studies
M6: Finding a phenotype for cloned genes
M7: Genome-wide mutant screens
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4/9 |
Ch. 8 |
Molecular Biology |
M8: Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression
epigenetics: heritable changes other than sequence
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4/16 |
Ch. 9 |
Analysis of Gene Activity |
M9: Analysis of Gene Activity using Mutants
RNA: Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene expression
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4/23 |
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Exam April 26 |
Online collaborative review rather than online content. |
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4/30 |
Chs. 10, 11 |
Gene Interactions |
M10: Using one gene to find more genes
M11: Epistasis and genetic pathways
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5/7 |
Ch. 12 |
Systems Biology |
M12: Pathways, networks and systems
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Final: |
Exam May 12 |
May 10 will be a review session.
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