Schedule for Introductory Plant Genetics CSS/Hort 430 Winter Quarter 2009
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Date |
Topic |
Event |
Recommended readings |
| January 5 | Genetics overview | Lecture | Chapter 1 |
| 7 |
Oregon's state tree: genetics and molecular breeding |
Lecture |
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| 9 | Weeds, crops, and gene flow | Lecture | Mallory-Smith & Zapiola |
| 12 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture |
Chapters 2, 3 |
| 14 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture |
Chapters 2, 3 |
| 16 | Mendelian inheritance |
Lecture Quiz 1 |
Chapters 2, 3 |
| 19 | No Class | MLK Holiday | |
| 21 | Sex determination | Lecture | Pdfs in notes: abstracts and introductions required; rest optional |
| 23 | Sex determination | Lecture Quiz 2 | Pdfs in notes: abstracts and introductions required; rest optional |
| 26 | Chromosomes, mitosis, and meiosis |
Lecture |
Chapters 2, 3 |
| 28 | Meiosis and linkage | Lecture | Chapter 4 |
| 30 | Making and using linkage maps |
Lecture + exam review |
Chapter 4 |
| February 2 | Exam 1 | ||
| 4 | Making and using linkage maps |
Lecture |
Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Genes to phenotypes |
Lecture Quiz 3 |
Chapter 6 |
| 9 | Genes to phenotypes | Lecture | Chapter 6 |
| 11 | DNA: structure and replication |
Lecture |
Chapter 7 |
| 13 | From DNA to molecular markers | Lecture Quiz 4 | Chapter 20 |
| 16 | Molecular markers |
Lecture |
Chapter 20 |
| 18 | Molecular marker applications |
Lecture |
Chapter 20 |
| 20 | From DNA to RNA |
Lecture Quiz 5 |
Chapter 8 |
| 23 | DNA to RNA to protein |
Lecture |
Chapter 8 |
| 25 | RNA to protein |
Lecture |
Chapter 13 |
| 27 | Gene isolation and sequencing |
Lecture "Quiz 6" - take home |
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| March 2 | Exam 2 |
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| 4 | Plant genetic engineering |
Lecture |
Chapter 20 |
| 6 | Sexual reproduction and apomixis |
Lecture - Quiz 7 |
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| 9 | Haploids to polyploids |
Lecture |
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| 11 | Mutation |
Lecture |
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| 13 | Transposable elements: genome evolution and applications |
Lecture |
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Wednesday March 18 |
Final Exam |