Students should understand basic principles and mechanisms of inheritance and variation, including cytological, organismal, developmental, and population genetics; mechanisms of evolution; and the genetic problems of humans.
Lecture: 11:45AM-12:50PM MW, Sci 1020
Lab002: 12:00PM-3:00PM T, Sci 3160
Lab003: 3:00PM-6:00PM T, Sci 3160
Office hours: 9:00-11:00 Monday and Tuesday, or by appointment, Sci 2135
Klug and Cummings, Concepts of Genetics, 9th Edition
(7th or 8th edition are also acceptable)
(Subject to revision throughout the term)
| Date | Topic | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
21 Jan | 9th, 8th ed.: Chapter 1, problems 4, 5, 6, 8 | |
26 Jan | NO CLASS | Read Chapter 3.8-3.9 (all editions) for lab next week |
28 Jan | Chapter 2 | |
2 Feb | Chapter 2 | |
4 Feb | Chapter 3 | |
9 Feb | ||
11 Feb | Practice Exam! | Chapter 1, 2, 3 |
16 Feb | Chapter 4 | |
18 Feb | ||
23 Feb | ||
25 Feb | Exam I | Chapters 1-4 |
2 Mar | 9th, 8th ed: Chapter 5, problems: 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26, 27 | |
4 Mar | Chromosome mapping in eukaryotes - in-class problems | Chapter 5 |
9 Mar | Chapter 7 | |
11 Mar | (cancelled by blizzard + spring fever) | |
16 Mar | SPRING BREAK | |
18 Mar | SPRING BREAK | |
23 Mar | 9th ed: Chapter 7, problems: 6, 13, 17, 18, 21,22, 23, 25,26, 32, 34, 35 | |
25 Mar | NO CLASS | start reading Chapter 8! |
30 Mar | Linkage and sex problems | Chapter 5, 7 |
1 Apr | Exam II | |
6 Apr | Chromosomal variations | Chapter 8: problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 31 |
8 Apr | Chapter 8 | |
13 Apr | Chapter 8 | |
15 Apr | Extrachromosomal inheritance | Chapter 9 |
20 Apr | More extrachromosomal inheritance | |
22 Apr | NO CLASS | |
27 Apr | practice questions | Chapter 9: problems: 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20 |
29 Apr | Exam III | |
4 May | Chapter 19 | |
6 May | Developmental genetics of model organisms | Chapter 19 |
13 May | FINAL EXAM: 4:00-6:00 |
In the cross of wmf female flies with wildtype males, we observed:
wildtype females 930 wmf males 679 Anomalous results (not used in further crosses) wmf females 66 wildtype males 180 In the cross of wildtype female flies with wmf males, we observed:
wildtype females 892 wildtype males 829
In the test cross of female heterozygotes with wmf males, we observed:
male female total +++ 793 870 1663 wmf 538 679 1217 w++ 372 390 762 +mf 241 279 520 ++f 172 230 402 wm+ 334 338 672 +m+ 183 142 325 w+f 29 54 83 2662 2982 5644
Good work everyone — these look like good numbers. Now analyze them!
50% of your grade will come from three in-class exams. Four exams will be given (including the final exam), and your lowest score will be dropped.
10% of your grade will come from pop quizzes. Don't ask me for hints about when they'll be given — the whole point is that you should be prepared and on top of the course work throughout the term. There will be no make-ups on quizzes.
40% of your grade will come from lab work. You will be evaluated on attendance, routine worksheets, and most importantly, a substantial report on the analysis of a mapping cross.
I will not be tracking lecture attendance at all; it is your responsibility to keep up with the material. Genetics is not a forgiving subject, and everything will build on prior lectures. Falling behind can make subsequent work much, much harder than it should be. Show up and pay attention!
There are no makeups for quizzes. If you miss a regular exam, contact me immediately: if you have a legitimate excuse, you will be permitted to take the exam at a time and date I will set. If you don't contact me within two days of the exam, you will get a 0. (Note that you do get to drop your lowest score.)
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Academic dishonesty in any portion of the academic work for a course shall be grounds for awarding a grade of F or N for the entire course. You are often encouraged to study in groups, but the final product must be your own creation (e.g. you may not copy from each other). Plagiarism is copying materials from existing sources without crediting the sources, and is not accepted. Paraphrasing is changing a few words in a sentence to make it sound like your own but stealing the structure of the sentence, paragraph and document of someone else. Plagiarism and paraphrasing are cheating. Cutting, pasting and modifying from web sites is cheating. In summary, you need to develop and formulate your own thoughts with the information you have obtained.