Course Schedule:                                  Genetics W3031/W4031                            Spring 2002
This schedule is preliminary and subject to modification

 
Class
Date
Topic
Reading
1

 
T

 
1.22
 
DNA as genetic material.

DNA replicationÖ
Ch. 2
 
2

 
R

 
1.24
 
DNA replication.
DNA to RNA to protein: 

TranscriptionÖ
Chs. 2, 3
 
3

 
T

 
1.29
 

Transcription.

Translation/Genetic CodeÖ
Ch 3, 4
4

 
R
1.31
 

Translation/Genetic Code 

Genotypes & PhenotypesÖ
Chs. 4, 5
 
5
T

 
2.5

 

Genotypes & Phenotypes.

DNA Mutation and Repair
Chs. 5, 6
 
6
 
R

 
2.7
 
Chromosome Structure
Mitosis and Meiosis.

Ch. 10, 11

 
7
 
T

 
2.12
 
Inheritance of unlinked genes, 
Probability, Pedigree analysis.
Chs. 12
 
8

 
R

 
2.14
 
X-linkage, Dosage compensation. 
Extensions of Mendelian analysis, gene interactions. 

Ch. 12, 14, 13

 
9

 
T

 
2.19
 
Extensions of Mendelian analysis, gene interactions.
Linkage and recombination.
Chs. 14, 13, 15
10
R
2.21
Linkage and recombination.
 
Ch 15
11

 
T

 
2.26
 
Linkage and recombination. Chromosomal aberrations.
 
Chs. 15, 16
Ch. 17
 

 
R

 
2.28
 

Exam--Lectures: 1 through 10
12

 
T

 
3.5
 
Introduction to Bacteriology: Genotypes and Phenotypes
Prokaryotic Genetics I
Ch. 17
Ch. 7
13

?
R

 
3.7
 
Prokaryotic Genetics II
 
Ch.. 7
 
14

 
T

 
3.12
 
Recombinant DNA/
Molecular Biology Techniques
Ch. 9
 
15

 
R

 
3.14
 
Recombinant DNA/
Molecular Biology Techniques
Ch. 9, 23
 
 
T
3.19
Spring Break
 
 
R
3.21
Spring Break
 
16

 
T

 
3.26
 

Transposable elements

 
Ch. 20
 
17

 
R

 
3.28
 

Genetic applications of transposable elements. Eukaryotic elements. 
Ch. 22, 10
 
18

 
T

 
4.2
 
Eukaryotic transposable elements

Retroviruses/HIV
Ch. 22, 10
 
19
R
4.4
Prokaryotic gene regulation
 
Ch 8

 
T

 
4.9
 

Exam--Lectures 10 ? 18

 
 
20

 
R

 
4.11
 

Prokaryotic gene regulation

 
Ch. 8
 
21

 
T

 
4.16
 

Prokaryotic gene regulation

Eukaryotic gene regulation
Ch. 8
 
22

 
R

 
4.18
 
Eukaryotic gene regulation Developmental Genetics
Ch. 8, 23
 
23

 
T

 
4.23
 

Developmental genetics

 
Ch. 23
 
24

 
R
4.25

Developmental genetics

 
Ch. 23
 
25

 
T

 
4.30
 
Oncogenes and Cancer Genetics
 
Ch. 24
 
26

 
R

 
5.2
 
Germ warfareóMolecular biology of bacterial toxins.
 
 
  
 
Final ExamóCumulative. Emphasis on lectures 19-26