The textbook is Essentials of Genetics by Klug and Cummings.
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Date |
Topic |
Readings |
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Thursday, August 29 |
INTRODUCTION |
Chapter 1 |
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Tuesday, September 3 |
The Organization of Life |
Chapter 1 |
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Thursday, September 5 |
A Wee Review of Cells & Their Chemistry |
Chapter 2 |
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Tuesday, September 10 |
Mitosis and Meiosis |
Chapter 2 (and a bit of 17) |
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Thursday, September 12 |
My Favorite Monk |
Chapter 3 |
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Tuesday, September 17 |
Gene Interactions, Part One |
Chapter 4 |
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Thursday, September 19 |
Gene Interactions, Part Two |
Chapter 4 |
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Tuesday, September 24 |
EXAM I: Covering all material through September 19 |
Study hard! |
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Thursday, September 26 |
Gene Interactions, Part Three |
Chapter 4 |
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Tuesday, October 1 |
Sex and the Single Chromosome |
Chapter 5 |
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Thursday, October 3 |
The Structure of DNA |
Chapter 10 |
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Tuesday, October 8 |
DNA Replication and Synthesis |
Chapter 11 |
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Thursday, October 10 |
The Genetic Code: Transcription |
Chapter 12 |
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Tuesday, October 15 |
Translation: Making Protein |
Chapter 13 |
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Thursday, October 17 |
Transcription & Translation, continued |
Chapter 13 |
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Tuesday, October 22 |
EXAM II: Covering all material from September 26-October 22 |
study hard again |
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Thursday, October 24 |
Genetic Changes: Mutations at the Chromosome Level |
Chapter 7 |
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Tuesday, October 29 |
Gene Expression |
Chapter 15 |
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Thursday, October 31 |
A Special Halloween Treat |
It's for the Bats |
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Tuesday, November 5 |
Microevolution: Population Genetics |
Chapter 22 |
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Thursday, November 7 |
Genetics and Evolution |
Chapter 22 |
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Tuesday, November 12 |
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: Changes in Allele frequencies |
Chapter 22 |
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Thursday, November 14 |
EXAM III - covering material from Lectures 14-19 |
Video |
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Tuesday, November 19 |
The Loss of Biodiversity |
video & Chapter 24 |
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Thursday, November 21 |
Natural Selection and its Genetic Consequences |
Chapter 23 |
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Tuesday, November 26 |
Sociobiology and Quantitative Genetics |
Chapter 6 |
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Thursday, November 28 |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
stuffing |
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Tuesday, December 3 |
Biotechnology: Applications and Cautions |
Chapter 19 |
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Thursday, December 5 |
The Genetics of Cancer |
Chapter 21 |
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Thursday, December 12 |
FINAL EXAM |
GOOD LUCK, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |