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BIO240

Lecture Notes

(Titles of notes do not necessarily match text chapter titles)

1.  Cellular Nature of Life (Review)

2 & 3.  DNA-RNA introduction; DNA Replication

4.  Gene Function

5.  Gene Expression:  Transcription

6.  Gene Expression:  Translation

7.  Gene Expression:  Metabolic Pathways, Mutation, Repair

8.  Recombinant DNA Technology (Biotech I)

10.  Genomics

11.  Mendel and his study organism

12.1  Pedigree Analysis

12.2  Mitosis and Meiosis

12.3  Chromosomal Aberrations and Sex-Determination

13.  Exceptions to Expected Mendelian Ratios

14.  Quantitative Genetics

15.  Linkage and Gene Mapping

19.  Gene Regulation (Prokaryotic)

21.  Developmental Genetics

22.  Genetics of Cancer

23.  Non-Mendelian Genetics

24.1  Origins of Population Genetics

24.2  Population Genetics and Evolutionary Forces

25.  Molecular Evolution

Genetics and Behavior