Syllabus (Genome 361 Summer 2012) - UW Courses Web Server

Schedule
Lectures are on Tuesday and Thursday in Foege S060 from 9:40am to 11:10am. Typically
we will take a short break in the middle of each lecture. In addition, all students should be
enrolled in a quiz section that will be held in Hitchcock 443. On the following pages, the
tentative schedule of lecture and quiz section topics for each week is shown. Exam dates
are also indicated. Problem sets will be handed out in quiz section every week, and
answers will be posted on the course website (see below). Although problem sets will not
be graded, we strongly suggest that you work through them each week before the answers
are posted; this will provide an important opportunity to assess your understanding of
material and to prepare for exams. In addition, every Monday a quiz section pre-activity
will be posted on the course website. Do this pre-activity before coming to quiz section.
Week 1
Tuesday, Jun. 19 Lecture 1 (FC) Introduction to genetics; Mitosis and meiosis
What do we mean by Genetics? Cell division; cell
cycle; chromosomal segregation in mitosis and
meiosis
Quiz Section 1 Meiosis
Problem Set 1
Thursday, Jun. 21 Lecture 2 (FC) Mendelian genetics and probability I
Mendelian ratios; principle of genetic segregation;
product and sum rules
Week 2
Tuesday, Jun. 26 Lecture 3 (FC) Mendelian genetics and probability II
Principle of independent assortment; chi-squared
analysis
Quiz Section 2 Mendelian genetics
Problem Set 2
Thursday, Jun. 28 Lecture 4 (FC) Mendelian genetics and probability III
X-linked inheritance
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