SYLLABUS FOR GENETICS:



[NOTICE ABOUT THE FINAL EXAM: ANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE MISSED AN EARLIER EXAM DURING THE SEMESTER NEED TO TAKE THE FINAL. IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE AVERAGE OF THE FOUR LECTURE EXAMS AND YOUR RECITATION GRADE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SHOW UP FOR THE FINAL. THE FINAL WILL BE DROPPED. ALL STUDENTS WHO ATTEND LECTURES WOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE AT THE FINAL IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS NEEDING TO MAKE UP AN EARIER MISSED LECTURE EXAM, OR THOSE WHO WISH TO BOOST THEIR GRADE BY TAKING THE FINAL AND DROPPING AN EARLIER, LOWER SCORE.]

SYLLABUS FOR GENETICS: BIO 304 FALL 2005

Instructor: Dr. Tim Phillips

325 Plant Science Building

phone: 257-5020 ext. 80769

tphillip@uky.edu Website: uky.edu/~tphillip

Office Hours: WF 1:00-3:00 and by appointment.

Textbook: Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, Sixth edition, 2005, by D. L. Hartl and E. W. Jones.

Content:

Genetics is a broad, rapidly growing field of science. The UK University Bulletin describes this course in this way: ‘a study of the physical and chemical aspects of the genetic material and their relationship to the expression and inheritance of the phenotype’. This course is a required prerequisite for other classes: animal breeding (ASC 362), molecular genetics (ABT/ENT460), and population genetics (ABT/BIO/ENT/FOR 461), so we will try to lay a solid foundation for these follow-up classes. Having said that, it would be very demanding to cover all topics in our textbook.

My background as a trained plant breeder means that I have taken many genetics classes as a student during the 1980s and early 1990s. Plant breeding is the application of genetic principles to crop species. I have worked in plant breeding of peanuts, small grains, and here at U.K., with cool season forage grasses. I am certain to have a bias toward Mendelian genetics and population genetics, and toward plants rather than fruit flies, humans, or microbes. However, we will discuss a wide range of topics and use examples from many life forms.

Our textbook has 18 chapters and treats several subdisciplines as equal parts of an integrated whole. These divisions of genetics include: transmission genetics (also called classical or Mendelian genetics), molecular genetics, and population and evolutionary genetics. The sequence of coverage of these three segments is not necessarily based on the historical development of the field of genetics, but we will follow the textbook. You will not be able to learn genetics without having a copy of the textbook. It should be available from local bookstores, or you can find a copy by shopping on the web.

We will have five hour-long exams, with the fifth one being during the final exam time. There will be a number of homework assignments and in-class quizzes, all to be turned in during the recitation periods on Thursday. These components will be weighted as follows:

4 (best) exams @ 20 points each 80% of final grade

(~)10 homework/quizzes @ 2 points each 20 (in recitation sessions)

We will use the typical 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D format for grading exams and for determining your course grades.

Regular attendance and participation in class is required to make the experience of this genetics class more meaningful. Reading the textbook chapter assignments before class also will help you understand the lectures better, so please try to do this. Attendance in the recitation sessions is necessary for you to keep up with the topics we cover, and to do the homework assignments and take the short quizzes, both of which will be due at the end of the recitation period each week.

Other Course Policies

 

Make up tests:  If you miss an exam or quiz because of an excused absence, contact me immediately and present me with written validation for your excused absence.  Valid excuses are as described in the University Bulletin.  Make-ups for missed exams and quizzes will be scheduled within one week of the original exam.  After that point, the missed exam will be the dropped exam. If you miss the final exam because of an excused absence or you miss a scheduled make-up test, you will be given an “I” letter grade for the course.  See me immediately with validation for your excused absence and we will make arrangements for you to make up the final exam or test and I will change your grade from “I” to the appropriate letter grade immediately on your completion of the tests.  Other aspects of the policy for make-up work in this course are as described in the University Bulletin.  [THIS ONLY APPLIES TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE MISSED AN EARLIER EXAM DURING THE SEMESTER. IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE AVERAGE OF THE FOUR LECTURE EXAMS AND YOUR RECITATION GRADE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SHOW UP FOR THE FINAL!!!]

 

Cheating:  All tests and the final exam are “closed-book”, meaning that you are not permitted to use written information in the form of notes, books, or “crib-notes” during these examinations. Cheating for this course is defined as 1) using notes of any kind during a test or exam; 2) copying from other students during tests or exams; 3) talking to other students during tests or exams  4) handing in a homework assignments that are not your own work.  The minimum penalty for these offences is an “E” grade in the course, with suspension and dismissal from UK also being possible.

 

COURSE OUTLINE GENETICS BIO 304 FALL 2005

Day/Date Topic Reading assignment

Wed., August 24 Introduction / Overview

Fri., Aug. 26 Intro to molecular genetics and genomes Chapter 1

Mon., Aug. 29 DNA structure and manipulation Chapter 2

Wed., Aug. 31 “ “

Fri., Sept. 2 Transmission genetics Chapter 3

Mon., Sept. 5 LABOR DAY holiday (no class)

Wed., Sept. 7 Transmission genetics Chapter 3

Fri., Sept. 9 Chromosomes and sex chromosomes Chapter 4

Mon., Sept. 12 “ “

Wed., Sept. 14 “ “

Fri., Sept. 16 EXAM 1

Mon., Sept. 19 Linkage and mapping Chapter 5

Wed., Sept. 21 “ “

Fri., Sept. 23 “ “

Mon., Sept. 26 DNA replication and recombination Chapter 6

Wed., Sept. 28 “ “

Fri., Sept. 30 “ “

Mon., Oct. 3 Molecular organization of chromosomes Chapter 7

Wed., Oct. 5 EXAM 2

Fri., Oct. 7 FALL BREAK – no class

Mon. Oct.10 Human karyotypes and chromosome behavior Chapter 8

Wed., Oct. 12 “ “

Fri., Oct. 14 Polyploidy in plants “

Mon., Oct. 17 Bacterial and viral genetics Chapter 9

Wed., Oct. 19 “ “

Fri., Oct. 21 “ “

Mon., Oct. 24 “ “

Wed., Oct. 26 Gene expression Chapter 10

Fri., Oct. 28 EXAM 3

Mon., Oct. 31 Gene expression Chapter 10

Wed., Nov. 2

Fri., Nov. 4 Gene regulation Chapter 11

Mon., Nov. 7 “ “

Wed., Nov. 9 Epigenetic mechanisms “

Fri., Nov. 11 Genomics, proteomics, and transgenics Chapter 12

Mon., Nov. 14 “ “

Wed., Nov. 16 EXAM 4

Fri., Nov. 18 Genetic control of development Chapter 13

Mon., Nov. 21 Mutation and DNA repair Chapter 14

Wed., Nov. 23 Mitochondrial DNA and extranuclear inheritance Chapter 16

Fri., Nov. 25 THANKSGIVING BREAK - no class

Mon., Nov. 28 Molecular evolution and population genetics Chapter 17

Wed., Nov. 30 “ “

Fri., Dec 2 “ “

Mon., Dec. 5 Quantitative genetics Chapter 18

Wed., Dec. 7 “ “

Fri., Dec. 9 Review for final (Exam 5)

Fri., Dec. 16 EXAM 5 (FINAL) 10:30-12:30

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