Biol. 207 (Genetics) Lecture Schedule, Spring 2001

Dr. Jeff Bell

Holt 345

Office Hrs: M 10-12, F 9-12

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Week		Topic	Chapter
Jan.	22	Elements of heredity and variation; Quiz #1	1, 2
	29	Mendelian Genetics; Quiz #2	3
Feb.	5	Extensions to Mendel; Quiz #3	4
	12	Quantitative Genetics; Exam #1 (Ch. 2, 3, 4; Chi2)	5
	19	Linkage and mapping in eukaryotes; Quiz #4	6
	26	Linkage and mapping in prokaryotes; Quiz #5	7
March	5	Population genetics, Extranuclear DNA, Quiz #6	25, 8
	12	Cytogenetics; Exam #2 (Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8, 25)	9, 10
	19	Spring Break
	26	DNA structure and replication; Quiz #7	11, 12
April	2	DNA mutation, repair and recombination; The Genetic code; Quiz #8	17, 13
	9	Gene function ; Prokaryotic gene regulation; Quiz #9	14, 15
	16	Eukaryotic gene regulation, Exam #3 (Ch. 25, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17)	16
	23	Cloning; Genetic engineering; Quiz #10	18, 21
	30	Eukaryotic genomes; Chromatin; Genomics; Quiz #11	19, 20
May	7	Developmental genetics; Cancer genetics	22, 23
	16	Final Exam, Wed. 12:00 PM	all of above

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Text is Concepts of Genetics by Klug and Cummings

Office hours are M 10-12, F 9-12 in Holt 345 (my office) or by appointment (x6181)

Questions can also be e-mailed to me at jbell@csuchico.edu or to the instuctors email on the course WebCT site, http://online.csuchico.edu/SCRIPT/BIOL207/scripts/serve_home.

Grading: Final is 100 points; there are three 50 point exams (total of 150 points), taken in class on the Friday of the week noted above; ten online quizzes worth 5 pts. each (total of 50 pts., best 10 out of 11 scores are used), ten assignments due in your discussion section (200 pts. total); total for the course is 500 points. There is no curve so you must get the points below to receive that letter grade.

A > 465 pts.(93%), A- > 450 pts.(90%), B+ > 435 pts.(87%), B > 415 pts.(83%), B- > 400 pts.(80%), C+ > 385 pts.(77%), C > 365 pts.(73%), C- > 350 pts.(70%), D+ > 325 pts.(65%) D > 300 pts.(60%), F <300 pts.