Schedule for Introductory Plant Genetics CSS/Hort 430 Winter Quarter 2008
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Date |
Topic |
Event |
Readings |
| January 7 |
Genetics overview |
Lecture |
Chapter 1 |
| 9 | Genetics overview | Lecture | |
| 11 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture |
Chapter 2 |
| 14 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture Quiz 1 |
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| 16 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture |
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| 18 | Sex determination | Lecture | |
| 21 | No Class | MLK Holiday | |
| 23 | Meiosis and mitosis | Lecture Quiz 2 | Chapter 3 |
| 25 | Meiosis and Linkage maps |
Lecture |
Chapter 4 |
| 28 | Exam 1 | ||
| 30 | Making and using maps |
Lecture |
Chapter 4 |
| February 1 | Making and using maps | Lecture | Chapter 4 |
| 4 | Genes to phenotypes |
Lecture Quiz 3 |
Chapter 6 |
| 6 | DNA: structure and replication |
Lecture |
Chapter 7 |
| 8 | From DNA to molecular markers | Lecture | |
| 11 | Molecular marker applications |
Lecture Quiz 4 |
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| 13 | From DNA to RNA | Lecture | Chapters 8, 9 |
| 15 | From RNA to protein |
Lecture |
Chapters 8, 9 |
| 18 | RNA to protein and back to DNA |
Lecture Quiz 5 |
Chapter 10 |
| 20 | Gene isolation |
Lecture |
Chapter 11 |
| 22 | Genomics |
Lecture |
Chapter 12 |
| 25 |
Exam 2 |
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| 27 | Plant genetic engineering |
Lecture |
Chapter 11 |
| 29 | Plant genetic engineering |
Lecture |
Chapter 11 |
| March 3 | Sexual reproduction |
Lecture Quiz 6 |
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| 5 | Apomixis |
Lecture |
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| 7 | Transposable elements: genome evolution and applications |
Lecture - hand out take-home Quiz 7 |
Chapter 13 |
| 10 | Mutation |
Lecture - turn in take-home Quiz 7 |
Chapter 14, 15 |
| 12 | Haploids to polyploids |
Lecture |
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| 14 | Genetics and the organism |
Lecture |
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Tuesday March 18 |
Final Exam |