Lecture: 1:30 - 3:30 M, W, TH, Townes South 172 (Genetics Lab)
Lab: 3:30-5:30, M, W, TNS 172
Text: Essentials of Genetics, 9th ed., Klug, Cummings, Spencer, and Palladino.
| DATE | TOPIC (and study questions) | PPT | READINGS | LAB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 10 (T) |
Darwin, Mendel, and Modern Biology Mechanisms of Inheritance Modifications to Mendelian Patterns |
ppt ppt ppt |
1, 3 2, 6 4, 464-473 |
safety video, Drosophila Mendel's Peas . |
| July 17 (M) July 19 (W) July 20 (TH) |
Sex Determination and Sex Linkage Linkage, Mapping, and Bacterial Genetics DNA and Chromosome Structure |
ppt ppt ppt |
5 7, 8 9, 11 |
EXAM #1 Bacterial Transformation . |
| July 24 (M) July 26 (W) July 27 (TH) |
EXAM #2 DNA Replication Protein Synthesis |
. ppt ppt |
. 10 12, 13 |
Flies: F1 Data and Back Cross Movie: The Double Helix . |
| July 31 (M) Aug 2 (W) Aug 3 (TH) |
Regulation of Gene Expression and Development Mutation and Cancer Recombinant DNA Technology |
ppt ppt ppt |
15, 20 14, 16 17, 19 |
EXAM #3 DNA Fingerprinting . |
| Aug 7 (M) Aug 9 (W) Aug 10 (TH) |
Bioinformatics and Population Genetics Evolutionary and Population Genetics FINAL EXAM |
ppt ppt . |
18 22 . |
F2 Data, Bioinformatics Problem Population Gen Problems and Phylogenies . |
The university's policy, which I will employ in BIO221, is as follows:
"Instructors are expected to establish and announce attendance requirements
for their courses. Unless an instructor announces otherwise, the following guidelines
are assumed to be in effect: Freshman will be withdrawn from a course if absent,
for any reason, 15 percent of the class meetings (No more than 2 for this
class). Other students will be withrawn from a course if absent 25 percent
of the class meetings (no more than 4 for this class). In both cases,
a failing grade (F) will be recorded unless the absences were due to providential
reasons, in which case a grade of W may be assigned after consultation with
the Associate Academic Dean" (University Catalog).
Attendance at lab is mandatory.
If you have a disability and you need academic accomodations, you should contact
the Office of Accessibility Services. Do this IN THE FIRST WEEK, before the first exam.
Grading Policy:
I will assign grades in the following manner. There are 700 available points,
and letter grades will be assigned such that grades of 90% or above earn at
least an "A range" grade, 80%-89% at least a "B range" grade, and so forth.
Determination of these letter grade cutoffs will be at the sole discretion of
the professor; "curving", if warranted, will be on total points accumulated
and not individual assignments. +/- grades will be assigned based on total percentage
of points earned, with some subjective modification possible if there is signifiacnt
improvement on the final exam.
| ASSIGNMENT | POINTS |
| Exams, 3@ 100 each | 300 |
| Lab Exercises (6) | 200 |
| Final Exam (comprehensive) | 200 |
| TOTAL | 700 |