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| BIL 250 | Genetics, Fall 2017, 3.0 credits | ||||||||||
| Download .pdf of Syllabus | |||||||||||
| Copies of the 2016 Lecture Notes | |||||||||||
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| 22 Aug-Tue | Introduction |
1 |
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| 24 Aug-Thu | DNA: The genetic material |
2 |
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| DNA Structure | |||||||||||
| Watson & Crick | |||||||||||
| Chromosome Packing | |||||||||||
| Telomeres | |||||||||||
| Bacteriophage T4 | |||||||||||
| 29 Aug-Tue | DNA replication |
3 |
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| DNA Polymerase | |||||||||||
| DNA Replication | |||||||||||
| 31 Aug-Thu | Gene function |
4 |
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| 05 Sep-Tue | Examples of genetic adaptation |
4 |
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| 26 Sep-Tue | Gene expression: Transcription |
5 |
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| RNA Polymerase | |||||||||||
| 28 Sep-Thu | Gene expression: Translation |
6 |
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| microRNA Inhibitition of Translation | |||||||||||
| 28 Sep-Thu - PM |
Review Session Transcription & Translation - 7:50 PM Cox 126 | ||||||||||
| 03 Oct-Tue | DNA mutation and DNA repair | 7a |
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| 05 Oct-Thu | Transposable elements | 7b |
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| 05 Oct-Thu - PM | Review Session for Exam #1 - 7:50 PM Cox 126 | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct-Tue | Exam #1 (chapters 1 to 7a & b) | ||||||||||
| Study Questions 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 Oct-Tue | Recombinant DNA Technology | 8 |
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| cDNA Microarray | |||||||||||
| 17-21 Oct | American Society of Human Geneticists - 2017 Meeting - Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||
| 19 Oct-Thu | PCR, DNA Sequencing, & Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) | 9a |
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| PCR | |||||||||||
| Dye Terminator DNA Sequencing | |||||||||||
| Pyrosequencing | |||||||||||
| 19 Oct-Thu - PM | DNA Fingerprinting with Microsatellites, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis (RFLP), & Southern/Northern Blots: | 9b |
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| 24 Oct-Tue | Genome-wide ssociation studies & chromosome walking | 10a |
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| 26 Oct-Thu | Shotgun genome sequencing & functional genomics | 10b | |||||||||
| 31 Oct-Tue | Mendelian genetics | 11 |
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| 31 Oct/02 Nov | Chromosomal basis of inheritance | 12 |
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| 02 Nov-Thu | Extensions of Mendelian genetic principles | 13a |
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| 07 Nov-Tue | Non-Mendelian inheritance | 13b |
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| 09 Nov-Thu - AM | Review Session for Exam #2 | ||||||||||
| 09 Nov-Thu - PM | Exam #2 (chapters 8 to 13) | ||||||||||
| Study Questions 2 | |||||||||||
| Genetic mapping in eukaryotes |
14 |
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| Genetics of bacteria and bacteriophages | 15 |
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| 14 Nov-Tue | Variation in chromosome structure and number | 16 |
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| Regulation of gene expression in bacteria | 17 |
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| 16 Nov-Thu | Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes | 18 |
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| 16 Nov-Thu - PM | Genetic analysis of development | 19 |
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| 28 Nov-Tue | Genetics of cancer | 20 |
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| 30 Nov-Thu | Population genetics 1 | 21a |
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| 30 Nov-Thu - PM | Quantitative genetics | 22 |
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| 05 Dec-Tue | Population genetics 2 | 21b |
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| 07 Dec-Thu | Molecular Evolution | 23 |
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| 07 Dec-Thu - PM | Review Session for Exam #3 - 7:50 PM Cox 126 | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec-Tue | Exam #3 (chapters 14 to 23) | ||||||||||
| Study Questions 3 | |||||||||||
| 19 Dec-Tue |
Final exam papers due 5 pm (email ok) | ||||||||||
| Location and time: | |||||||||||
| Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 - 3:15 PM, Cox Science 126 | |||||||||||
| Thursday 7:50 - 9:05 PM, Cox 126 (3rd class time for review sessions, make-up lectures, and exams --- TBA by the professor) | |||||||||||
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| Contact information: | |||||||||||
| Kevin
G. McCracken Department of Biology #188 Cox Science Center (1st Floor, North Side) University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 33146 email: kevin.g.mccracken@gmail.com |
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| Office hours: | |||||||||||
| Tuesday & Thursday before and after class or by appointment. | |||||||||||
