TEXT: iGenetics, a Molecular Approach, 3rd Ed c. 2010.Peter J. Russell (ISBN: 0-321-56976-8)

(Note, that this edition is different from last year; 3rd edition has improved coverage of genomics and molecular technology)

Virtual FlyLab: Go To Instructions

Syllabus & Course Schedule (Lecture and Lab)

Lecture Notes (pdfs)

Links to Case Studies:

Sometimes it is all in the Genes: http://www.sciencecases.org/cystic_fibrosis/cystic_fibrosis1.asp
Hemophilia: t he royal disease : http://www.sciencecases.org/

In Class Work Groups

• Poetry Slam Assignment
• Skits: A, B,C,D
• ICW #3- Translation Exercise
• ICW #4 Mendel-Fisher
  
• ICW #5 Heritability/Selection
• ICW #6 and 7 Linkage

Problem Assignments

Writing Assignment

• Original Assignment
• "Pink Sheet" Genetics and Society paper grading rubric (also contains rubric that I will use to evaluate your "Pink Sheet" review)
  
• Resubmission Guidelines

Lab Hand-Outs

Lab Meeting Evaluation Form

Links to Animations/Videos:

Meselson and Stahl Experiment
Prok. DNA Replication (View "How Nucleotides are Added" and "Replication Fork") also check this one out for an appreciation of coordinate activity of leading and lagging strand!
Prokaryotic transcription
Eukaryotic transcription or here