Barley World

Course Description

The structure, expression, and manipulation of plant genomes will be explored using the principles and theory of classical and contemporary genetics. This course is designed to build a solid foundation in plant genetics and to stimulate further, more specialized, study. Some genetics background helpful, but not required.

Professor

Patrick Hayes: 253 Crop Science Bldg.
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1-2, or by appointment

Teaching assistant

Mary Block Holzberger: 221 Crop Science Bldg.
Office Hours: by appointment

Recitation (PBG431)

Thursdays 1:00 -1:50. Crop Science Bldg. 138

Schedule

Related classes to consider

Plant Breeding (PBG450/550) Spring, 2019

Follow this link for a schedule with dates

Topics

• Introduction and review of DNA, transcription, and translation
  • In-class introduction
  • Review of DNA, transcription, and translation
    • Study guide
       
• Flowers and seeds
  • Plant reproductive biology
    • Study guide
       
• Generations and Mendel
  • Generation advance and Mendelian analysis
    • dihybrid examples 
    • Study guide
       
• Asexual reproduction and plants that cover the bases
  • Asexual propagation, apomixis and case studies of Rubus and Citrus
  • Mitosis and meiosis 
    • Asexual propagation - Study guide 
    • Mitosis and Meiosis - Study guide
       
• Haploids, diploids, and polyploids
  • Features, evolutionary implications, uses, and analyses 
    • Supplement
    • Bivalent vs. non-bivalent pairing
    • Study guide
       
• From hermaphrodites to males and females
  • Sex differentiation, self-incompatibility, male sterility
    • Study guide 
       
• DNA to phenotype
  • DNA, transcription and translation re-visited
    • Study guide 
  • Transgenics and gene editing
    • Study guide
  • Regulation; intra- and inter-locus allelic relationships
    • Study guide
       
• Genome sizes and architectures
  • Chromosomes and linkage
    • Study guide
  • Whole genome sequencing
    • Study guide 
       
• Beyond Mendelian genetics
  • Quantitative inheritance
    • Study guide
  • QTL mapping
    • Study guide

Assignments

• See Canvas site

Resources

• Exam keys and resources
• Grading: Grading policies
• Learning outcomes
• Tools: Class resources

links:

• Beaver Genome Project
• Genetics on the WWW
• Genetics - Winner of the Science prize for online resources in education
• In defense of plants
• NCBI education
• OSU - CGRB
• Phytozome - the plant genomics resource
• Plant & Soil Sciences eLibrary
• DNA in action

Genetics in the news:

• Sequence your favorite plant genome for "free". Details

• Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant's genes

• The largest genome of them all? (Paris japonica)

• Suntory Blue Roses