Monday, May 16, 2011

Exam 3

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Today we had our final exam. Stats: (click on pic for full size image) -----------------------
Friday, May 13, 2011

Extra activity - Genetics on the news

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Students searched the news outlets for recent genetics-related articles and selected one to discuss with their classmates.  In class they me...

Lecture, chapter 13 - Cloning and recombinant DNA

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Today we finished the chapter in cloning and recombinant DNA technology with a brief and basic overview of two of the classic techniques to ...

Lab quiz 02

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Today we had our second lab quiz. Stats: (I wrote this entry on Wednesday, May 11... What's happening to Blogger?!?!?!?!?!) (click o...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Bioethics presentations and panel discussions

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Today students did a presentation of their bioethics papers and conducted panel discussions (on genetics-related topics that generate social...
Monday, May 9, 2011

Lecture, chapter 13 - Cloning and recombinant DNA
including the PCR song

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Today we discussed how to use the process of cloning for building genomic library (a collection of clones containing the entire genome of an...
Friday, May 6, 2011

Lecture
Chapter 11 - Mutation
Chapter 13 - Cloning and recombinant DNA

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On Wednesday we finished the mutation chapter, with a discussion on the mechanisms that cells have in place to prevent DNA changes:  The p...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Lab 10 - "Classic" Population Genetics II
Evolution in action

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Today on lab 10, we performed a series of computer simulations to understand the effect of natural selection and genetic drift on the evol...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Exam 2

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Today we had the second midterm exam.  Stats: ( click on pic for full size image ) -----------------------
Friday, April 29, 2011

Chapter 11 - Mutation

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Following with the discussion on mutagens , we took on chemicals that cause mutations through a variety of mechanisms ( base analogs, nucle...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Chapter 11 - Mutation

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Today we continued the chapter on mutation, discussing how to find the origin of a mutation in a sex-linked gene.  We also talked about how ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Lab 08 - 'Classic' population genetics

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Screenshot of PopCycle , by John Herron ( click on pic for full size image ) _______________________________________________ Today we di...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Lecture
Chapter 10 - From proteins to phenotypes
Chapter 11 - Mutation

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We continued a discussion on pharmacogenetics , or studying phenotypes in terms of how we react to chemicals in our bodies. We did the po...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lab 07 - Gene mapping in humans

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In Drosophila it is easy to find out if genes are linked, and how closely, since it can be determined by doing experimental crosses and me...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Lecture, chapter 10 - From proteins to phenotypes

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Today we started chapter 10 on how proteins can affect our phenotype. We started with a brief discussion of protein function and then way...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Lecture, chapter 9 - From genes to proteins

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Today we discussed what cytoplasmic components are crucial for the process of translation.  We described the main characteristics of ribosom...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Lab quiz 01

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Today we had our first lab quiz.  Stats: (click on pic for a full size image) -----------------------

Lab 06 - Gene mapping - Drosophila

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Today we did lab 06, on mapping genes in Drosophila . We discussed concepts like linkage , recombination , cros...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Chapter 9 - From genes to proteins

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Today we discussed the way in which genetic information is coded in DNA.  We introduced the genetic code, some of its properties and some o...
Friday, April 8, 2011

Lecture
Chapter 8 - DNA structure and chromosomal organization
Chapter 9 - From genes to proteins

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Today we discussed the basics of RNA structure and pointed out basic differences between it and DNA.  We then had an overview of how DNA is...