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Genetics 466 Course Outline - Fall 2010
1:20 MWF 125 Ag Hall

Prof. John Doebley
Prof. Allen Laughon

 

 
 
Date Lecture Topic Readings Suggested Problems    
Part 1. Genes, Chromosomes and Linkage        
Sept 3 1. Mendel and The Study of Inheritance 1:1-28; 2:31-42 2:22, 26, 30, 33, 35, 36, 55, 58 Daily Lecture
Sept 8 2. Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis 2:42-61 2:4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17 Daily Lecture
Sept 10 3. Probability for Genetic Events 3:89-97, Handout D1 3:1-3, 14, 17-20, 37 Daily Lecture
Sept 13 4. Probability for Repeated Trials Handout D2 3:35b Daily Lecture
Sept 15 5. Testing Genetic Hypotheses 3:97-99, Handout D3 3:13, 25, 26 Daily Lecture
Sept 17 6. Extensions to Mendelism 6:221-249 6:2, 5-14, 21, 33, 44, 51, 53 Daily Lecture
Sept 20 7. Chromosomes, Sex and Mendel 2:61-75 2:29, 37-38, 42-43, 46-48, 50, 52 Daily Lecture
Sept 22 8. Chromosome Number 16:555-572 16:2, 4, 10, 34-35, 37, 39, 51 Daily Lecture
Sept 24 9. Chromosome Rearrangements 16:572-586 16:15, 19, 23, 24, 28 Daily Lecture
Sept 27 10. Linkage and Mapping I 4:129-144, 155-157, 159-162, Handout D4 4:1-4, 7, 9-10, 12-13, 27, 37, 44, 53 Daily Lecture
Sept 29 11. Linkage and Mapping II 4:154-155, 162-163, Handout D5 4:25-26, 28a, 33-34, 38 Daily Lecture
Oct 1 12. Linkage and Mapping III 4:158-159, Handout D6 4:23, 43 Daily Lecture
Oct 4 13. Model Organisms 1:17-21, 759-773 - Daily Lecture
Part 2. Molecular Biology of the Gene        
Oct 6 14. DNA structure and chromosome packaging 7:265-275 7:14, 16, 24, 25, 28    
Oct 7 Exam I Thursday Evening 7:15 till 9:15 - Room 125 Ag Hall (Lectures 1 to 13)   Practice Exam, Exam 2008    
Oct 815. DNA replication I7: 275-2817:14,15,18,19,21,22,24
Oct 1116. DNA replication II7: 281-2917:15
Oct 1317. Recombinant DNA I20:715-73020:13,17
Oct 1518. Recombinant DNA II20:731-74020:18,21
Oct 1819. Transcription I8:295-3078:5,7,10,17
Oct 2020. Transcription II8:307-3158:11,18,20
Oct 2221. Translation & genetic code I9:319-323, 330-3399:2,9
Oct 2522. Translation & genetic code II9:324-330, 332, 339-3449:1,2,19,27,28,30,32,33
Oct 2723. Mutation15:513-531,15:3-5,26-30
Oct 2924. DNA repair & recombination15:531-55015:12,17,34,35
Nov 125. Bacterial genetics I5:181-1955:8,10,13,14,19,22,26,27,29
Nov 326. Bacterial genetics II5:195-2135:16,17,19-21,24,31,32
Nov 527. Prokaryotic gene regulation10:351-37110:3,4,15,18
Nov 828. Eukaryotic gene regulation I11:385-40111:3,23-24
Nov 9 Exam II Tuesday Evening 7:15 till 9:15 - Room 125 Ag Hall (Lectures 14 to 27)        
Nov 1029. Eukaryotic gene regulation II11:439-44512:15,16
Nov 1230. Regulation by noncoding RNA8:312-314,TBA
Nov 1531. Epigenetics I11:402-41111:11-13,20-22
Nov 1732. Epigenetics II11:402-411
Nov 1933. Transposable elements I14:487-49614:9-11
Nov 2234. Transposable elements II14:496-51014:2,8,12
Part 3. Population and Evolutionary Genetics        
Nov 24 35. Hardy-Weinberg & The Gene Pool Concept 17:603-618 17:2-3, 10a, 12 Daily Lecture
Nov 29 36. Inbreeding 17:618-622 17:16, 20 Daily Lecture
Dec 1 37. Genetic Drift 17:631-633, 19:690-693 - Daily Lecture
Dec 3 38. Modeling Natural Selection 17:623-631 17:5-6, 11 Daily Lecture
Dec 6 39. The Inheritance of Complex Traits 18:639-646, 664-671, Handout D7 18:2, 6-7 (data file) Daily Lecture
Dec 8 40. Nature versus Nurture 18:651-659, 671-673, Handout D8 - Daily Lecture
Dec 10 41. Genetics of Plant and Animal Breeding 18:659-664, Handout D9 18:5, 14 Daily Lecture
Dec 13 42. Genetics and domestication     Daily Lecture
Dec 14 Exam III Tuesday Evening 7:15 till 9:15 - Room 125 Ag Hall (Lectures 28 to 41)   Practice Exam    
Dec 15 43. Overview - - - -
Dec 18 Final Exam Saturday Evening 7:25 till 9:25 - Rooms Ingraham 14 and B10 (covers the whole course)        
           

 

 
 
Instructors
  Email Office Office Hour Voice
John Doebley jdoebley@wisc.edu 5320 Genetics/Biotechnology Thursday 9:30-10:30 or by appointment 265-5803
Allen Laughon alaughon@wisc.edu 4262 Genetics/Biotechnology Friday 3:30-4:30 or by appointment 262-6191

 

 
Teaching Assistants
  Email Office Hour Where
Katie Clowers clowers@wisc.edu Tue 11:00 or Wed 4:30 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Celeste Eno ceno@wisc.edu Mon 12:05 or Wed 12:05 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Liz Hines ehines@wisc.edu Tue 5:30 or Fri 11:00 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Sharolyn Kawakami skawakami@wisc.edu Tue 3:30 or Fri 8:50 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Virginia Lamb  vslamb@wisc.edu Mon 8:50 or Thu 5:00 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Alison Muir amuir@wisc.edu Mon 5:00 or Wed 2:25 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Jennifer Pleiman pleiman@wisc.edu Tue 7:45 or Wed 7:45 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology
Elise Walck-Shannon walck@wisc.edu Thu 3:30 or Fri 2:25 1421 Genetics/Biotechnology

 

 

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