First half (Dr. Wohlgemuth):

QUESTIONS AND CORRECTIONS

Week of	Lecture Topic	Required chapter readings in Biology, 5th ed., (Solomon, Berg, Martin) and other useful (not required) sources/links
Aug 23 Outline (links added after lecture) Discussion	Introduction Cell division, Mitosis, Meiosis	Chapter 1 (to recall what you have already learned), Ch 9 Human Genome Project The cloned sheep More about the sheep and cloning
Aug 29 Outline Discussion	Mitosis, Meiosis (cont.) Classical Genetics: Mendelian Genetics	Ch 9, Ch 10 some slides  (sorry: only for "Explorer") Mendel Mendel’s paper in English
Sept 5 Outline Discussion (Classical Genetics Problems)	Classical Genetics (cont.) Molecular Genetics: DNA Structure and Replication,	Ch 10, Ch 11 practice exam I slides I slides II slides III
Sept 12 Outline Discussion	Molecular Genetics: from DNA to Protein	Ch 12 slides I - III
Sept 19 Outline-Gene regulation Discussion	Molecular Genetics (cont.): from DNA to Protein; Retroviruses, jumping genes, transposons Review Friday (Sept 22): Midterm I in class	make suggestions, what you would like to have reviewed (email me) Ch 12, Ch 13 for slides see link on top of page "slides"
Sept 26 Outline-genetic engineering Discussion	Molecular Genetics (cont.): Gene Regulation (Tuesday) Genetic engineering	Ch 13, Ch 23 (is not required, but might be useful) "How does a single cell become a whole body?" "Transposons" for slides see link on top of page "slides" Ch14 Biotechnology Kary Mullis and PCR read pages 282-283 (focus on) in textbook
Oct 3 Outline-developmental genetics Discussion (general review session) "instead of practice test"	Genetic Engineering Developmental Genetics	DNA fingerprinting I DNA fingerpriting II "Targeting sheep" Transgenic animals Overview of techniques for creating knockout mice again about cloning Genetics in the News Ch 14, Ch 16 for slides see link on top of page "slides"
Oct 10 Outline-human genetics Discussion	Human Genetics Friday (Oct 13): Midterm II in class	hemophilia A and the royal family Ch 15

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