Cells & Chromosomes

DNA & genes

Inheritance & evolution

 

MON

5/20

Ch 2.  The basic unit of life: THE

CELL – structure and function.

Ch 10 – intro to proteins & to the effect of defective information

Ch 8

DNA, the molecule of heredity

Intro to the Central Dogma

 

Ch 1 Evolution & Heredity

Ch 3 Mechanism of Heredity

Mendel:  1 trait

Mendel:   2 traits

 

WED

5/22

Ch 2

Cell Division (Mitosis) & the cell cycle

Ch 8

DNA Replication

Ch 3 More Crosses

Independent Assortment

Autosomal inheritance:

Recessive, Dominant

Incompletely dominant

Ch 4: Intro to Pedigrees

MON

5/27

MEMORIAL DAY – NO CLASS

(FRI MAKE-UP DAY THIS WK)

 

 

 

WED

5/29

After division:

Cell differentiation / stem cells #

 

A peak at MEIOSIS 

Ch 8

DNA vs protein: which carries the information?

Ch 3/4 Autosomal Crosses cont.

Problems & Pedigrees

 

FRI

5/31

We start class with:

EXAM 1

(on Ch 8, 3, part of 4,2,10)

PLEASE NOTE THIS

IS A FRIDAY CLASS

JUMP START ON NEW SUBJECT –DON’T LEAVE AFTER TEST!

 

CH 9

 Making the message: RNA

 

Ch 4

Sex-linked Traits:

Traveling on Sex Chromosomes

 

 

MON

6/03

Ch 2 Meiosis

Formation of eggs, sperm

Parental contributions of genetic info (see also Ch 7 fig 7.9)

 

Ch 9

Making Proteins

The genetic code

Ch 4

Sex-linked Traits:

Problems & Pedigrees

 

 

WED

6/05

Ch 4

linked genes

recombination & genetic maps

Ch 9

Gene expression

An introduction to mutation and alleles.  Thinking about changes, interactions, and populations.

(previews topics in ch 5,  6, 11, 17)

 

 

MON

6/10

Ch 6  Cytogenetics

Ch 14 Genes & Cancer

 

 Dr. Watrous will lecture today

We start class with:

EXAM 2

(on Ch 4, 9 part of 2,10)

JUMP START ON NEW SUBJECT –DON’T LEAVE AFTER TEST!

Ch 5

 Polygenic traits & Continuous Variation

 

Twin Studies

 

WED

6/12

 

Ch 6  Cytogenetics

Ch 14 Genes & Cancer

Dr. Watrous will lecture today

(extra topic in cells & chr today)

 

Ch 5

Some multifactorial traits

 

MON

6/17

Ch 11 Mutation

Revisiting Ch 10:

 From Proteins to Phenotypes

Ch 17 Population Genetics & Natural Selection

 

WED

6/19

Finish up Mutation

(extra topic in evolution today)

Molecular Evolution: Humans & Other organisms #

Evolution and Natural selection,

Humans & other organisms #

 

Primates#

 

MON

 6/24

 

Review

Molecular Evolution: Humans & Other organisms. #

Ch 18 Human Races?

Ch 18 Human Evolution

WED

6/26

FINAL EXAM - 2 hours

(remaining material + cumulative)

 

 

# items marked with this symbol are not covered in the class text  but will help round out our study.