Biology 3431: Genetics

Lecture Schedule


Fall 2007




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Class Week Topic for Discussion
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20 Aug (Classes begin 22 Aug)
There and Back Again
Read Journey to the Center of Biology
PTC: Story of a Gene
1
27 Aug (Labor Day Holiday 4 September)
Jacob's Sheep and Mendel's Peas
The Mathematics of Inheritance

Read Experiments in Plant Hybridization
2
3 Sept Inheritance Beyond Mendel
3
10 Sept Labor Day Holiday: 6 September
Chromosomes and Inheritance
4
17 Sept Gene Mapping in Eukaryotes
.5 
24 Sept DNA Structure and Replication
6
1 Oct Genetic Coding and Decoding
Fall Break: 5 October
8
8 Oct Deconstructing Genomes
9
15 Oct Genomic Sequencing and Organization
10
22 Oct Genetic Variability at the Molecular Level
 11
29 Oct Chromosome Organization and Rearrangements
13/14
5 Nov Prokaryotic Genetics
15
12 Nov Organellar Genomes
16
19 Nov

Genetic Regulation
Thanksgiving Holiday: 22-23 November

17
26 Nov Genetic Regulation
18
3 Dec Review
Final Exam: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 11 December
 
   
 

University Holidays and Special Events:

  • Labor Day Holiday: 3 September
  • Fall Break: 5 October
  • Midterm Grades Due: 11 October
  • Thanksgiving Break: 2:00 p.m. 21 November - 23 November
  • Dead Day: 5 December
  • Final Exams: 6-11 December
  • Robing and Commencement: 14 December