GENETICS - BIL 250



A semester's exploration of Classical Mendelian Genetics, Molecular Genetics and Evolutionary Genetics.
The textbook is Modern Genetic Analysis, by Griffiths, et al.; published by Freeman.




Click here to have a look at the most recent Summer 2002 Lecture Notes


Your Instructor this semester will be Dr. Dana Krempels.

You can reach her by phone at (305) 284-3977, but will probably get a faster response via email at dana@miami.edu.

Office hours are by appointment during the summer, so please come to see me after lecture or send me an email to set up a time that we can meet at your convenience.


Here's the syllabus for Dr. Dana Krempels' Summer 2001 Genetics Course. This 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

An Introduction: The Importance of Genetics

Chapter 1

Thursday, May 16

The structure of Genes and Genomes

Chapter 2

Monday, May 20

The Function of Genes: Transcription & Translation

Chapter 3

Tuesday, May 21

Passing the Code: DNA Replication, Mitosis & Meiosis

Chapter 4

Wednesday, May 22

Mendelian Genetics

Chapter 5

Thursday, May 23

Sex Chromosomes and Organelle Inheritance

Chapter 5

Friday, May 24

EXAM I

Good luck!

Monday, May 27

MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY!

Wear your sunscreen.

Tuesday, May 28

Genetic Recombination: Mapping the Chromosome

Chapter 6

Wednesday, May 29

Genetic Recombination in Prokaryotes & Phages

Chapter 7

Thursday, May 30

Biotechnology and Genomics

Chapter 8, 9

Monday, June 3

Mutations at the Molecular Level

Chapter 10

Tuesday, June 4

Chromosome Mutations

Chapter 11

Wednesday, June 5

Gene Dissection

Chapter 12

Thursday, June 6

Gene Expression & Regulation

Chapter 13

Friday, June 7

EXAM II

study hard!

Monday, June 10

Gene Expression, continued

Chapter 13

Tuesday, June 11

Gene Interactions

Chapter 14

Wednesday, June 12

The Genetics of Cancer

Chapter 15

Thursday, June 13

The Genetics of Development

Chapter 16

Friday, June 14

Exam III

woohoo!

Monday, June 17

Population Genetics

Chapter 17

Tuesday, June 18

Quantitative Genetics

Chapter 18

Wednesday, June 19

The Genetics of Evolution

Chapter 20

Thursday, June 20

READING DAY

You've almost done it!

Friday, June 21

FINAL EXAM

IN SA 126 AT REGULAR CLASS TIME


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