Welcome to BIL 252 - Honors Laboratory in Genetics

  
        Instructor:  Dr. Amanda Hale
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        Office:  SA 36 (in the basement),  Phone:  305-284-6566
        Office hours:  Wednesday and Thursday 10:30 – 12:20 PM and by appointment
   
        Teaching Assistant:  Ana Ibarra
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        Section GZ:  Friday 2:30 - 5:20 PM in SA 261
         Section KY:  Wednesday 6:25 - 9:15 PM in SA 261
A Child's DNA Helix
by Paul Thiessen

 Syllabus
LAB
 WEEK OF:
 TOPIC
1
 Jan. 17 Getting Started - Pipeting Exercise
DNA Structure and Function - Properties of DNA
2
 Jan. 24 DNA Electrophoresis and Evolution of the Genome
3
 Jan. 31 Restriction Endonuclease Digestion I – Restriction Digest and Electrophoresis
4
 Feb. 7 Restriction Endonuclease Digestion II – Restriction Site Mapping
5
 Feb. 14 Recombinant DNA Technology I - Background Information and Preparation
6
 Feb. 21 Recombinant DNA Technology II - Transformation
7
 Feb. 28 Recombinant DNA Technology III - Analysis of Results
Research Proposal Discussion
8
 Mar. 7 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) I – Introduction and Optimization of PCR
Mid-Term Lab Notebook Evaluation

Mar. 14 SPRING BREAK
9
 Mar. 21

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) II – Analysis of Results
Sex Determination in Birds
10
 Mar. 28 DNA Fingerprinting I – Paternity Analysis Using Microsatellites
Principles of Probability and PCR
11
 Apr. 4 DNA Fingerprinting II - Analysis of Results
Population Genetics I - DNA Isolation from Humans and PCR
12
 Apr. 11 Population Genetics II - Populus Computer Simulation
Research Proposal Due
13
 Apr. 18 Population Genetics III – The Chi-Square Test and Analysis of Results
Final Lab Notebook Evaluation
14
 Apr. 25 Research Proposal Presentations

May 4-12 Final Exams

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