"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow,
"is to learn something.
That's the only thing that never fails.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake
at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your
only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics,
or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds.
There is only one thing for it then -- to learn.
Learn why the world wags and what wags it.
That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate,
never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.
Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn."
T.H. White, "The Once and Future King"
Instructor: Dr. Dana Krempels
Office: Cox 110B
Contact via: email
Office hours are by appointment during the summer,
so please come see me
after lecture
or send an email to set up a mutually convenient meeting time.
Our textbook will be Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 10th Edition by Griffiths, et al., published by Freeman.
Here's the syllabus for this semester's
Genetics Course. The schedule is a rough guide to what we'll be covering
this semester, and is subject to constant revision, as circumnstances
require and as time permits. Date Topic Readings Wednesday, May 15 No Class Today Check out the course policies and syllabus Thursday, May 16 An Introduction to Genetics: From Mendel to Molecules Chapters 1, 2 Friday, May 17 Single-gene Inheritance; Autosomal and Sex-linked Inheritance Chapter 2 Monday, May 20 Independent Assortment and Non-Mendelian Inheritance Chapter 3 Tuesday, May 21 Linkage and Mapping Chapter 4 Wednesday, May 22 Genetics of Microbes Chapter 5 Thursday, May 23 Gene Interactions Chapter 6 Friday, May 24 No class today. Enjoy the extra long weekend. Monday, May 27 Memorial Day Holiday no class today, either! woohoo! Tuesday, May 28 DNA Structure and Replication Chapter 7 Wednesday, May 29 The Magic of RNA: Transcription and Transcript Processing Chapter 8 Thursday, May 30 Gene Expression: Translation into Protein Chapter 9 Friday, May 31 Exam I Study smart. Monday, June 3 Biotechnology Chapter 10 Tuesday, June 4 Control of Gene Expression in Microbes Chapter 11 Wednesday, June 5 Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes Chapter 12 Thursday, June 6 The Genetics of Development Chapter 13 Friday, June 7 EXAM II Good luck! Monday, June 10 Mutations at the Molecular Level Chapter 16 Tuesday, June 11 The Genetics of Cancer Chapter 16 Wednesday, June 12 Mutations at the Chromosome Level Chapter 17 Thursday, June 13 Genomes and Transposable Genetic Elements Chapter 14, 15 Friday, June 14 Exam III Almost there... Monday, June 17 Population Genetics Chapter 18 Tuesday, June 18 Genetics of Evolution Chapter 18 Wednesday, June 19 Genetics of Evolution, continued Chapter 20 Thursday, June 20 READING DAY zzzzzzzzzz..... Friday, June 21 The End.
REGULAR CLASS MEETS FOR LECTURES MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY from 10:05am - 11:50.
STUDENTS MUST RESERVE ALL FRIDAYS AT THAT TIME FOR EXAMS OR SPECIAL REVIEWS.
EXAM IV in Cox 126 at Regular Class Time
Email Dr. Krempels.