Instructor:	Marina Caillaud
Office:	165 Center for Natural Sciences
Office hours:	Th noon to 1 pm or by appointment (e-mail me!)
e-mail:	mcaillaud@ithaca.edu

 
 

Date (by week)	Topic	Digital Movie	Web links	Reading Assignment
8/31	1.Genes, Genomes  and Genetics (ppt notes)		The Eugenics movement in the US Simple facts about DNA, RNA and inheritance	Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 1-31 Ridley: pp. 4-10 Ridley:"Chromosome 1: Life"
9/5	2. Cells and cell division (ppt notes)	Mitosis
	3.Cloning Technology (ppt notes)		Cloning: Hot from the press Ethics of cloning Where you can clone your pets Wilkipedia on cloning	Description of Cloning procedures Stem Cells and cloning
9/12	4.Reproduction and meiosis (ppt notes)	Meiosis	More on Meiosis Consequences Meiosis	Ridley: "Chromosomes X and Y: Conflict"
	5.Mendelian  inheritance I (ppt notes)		Genes and Health	Watson: Chap 1 Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 32-67
9/19	6.Mendelian inheritance II		Catalog of Genetic diseases A movie online: look at Segment 12 on Finding genes causing diseases	Ridley: "Chromosome 3: History" and "Chromosome 4: Fate"
	7.Sex-linked inheritance  (ppt notes)		Hemophilia Gender and female athletes (look at top left of the website you reach) Evolution of the Y chromosome	Gonick/Wheelis: pp.84-96
9/26	8. Extensions to Mendel’s laws  (ppt notes)		A lot of info about the Human blood	Ridley: "Chromosome 9: Disease" Ridley:"Chromosome 5: Environment"
	9. Multifactorial inheritance (ppt notes)		Fat and happy . Look at the section "Thrifty gene" More about Fat Inheritance of eye color	Watson: Chap 13 Ridley: "Chromosome 6: Intelligence" and "Chromosome 7: Instinct" and "Chromosome 11: Personality"
10/3	10.DNA Structure (ppt notes)	DNA Structure DNA packaging	More on DNA Structure	Watson: Chap 2
	11.DNA replication and PCR (ppt notes)	-DNA -Replication -Polymerase Chain Reaction -Other PCR		Gonick/Wheelis: pp.  116-128 Ridley: "Chromosome 14: Immortality"
10/10	12. Gene expression I. Transcription (ppt notes)	Transcription		Watson: Chap 3 Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 129-163
	13. Gene expression II. Translation  AND Review session for exam 1	-Translation -LacOperon	More on gene expression More about proteins and how they fold	Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 174 Ridley: "Chromosome 10: Stress"
10/17	Exam 1 in CNS 112 on Oct 17	Review sheet Exam 1 Review sheet for book questions KEY
	No class on October 19 (Fall break)
10/24	14. Mutations in genes (ppt notes)	Gene Mutation   DNA repair	Database on Human Mutations	Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 79-83
	15.Mutations in Chromosomes (ppt notes)	Chromosome	Catalog of Chromosomal Anomalies Examples of Human Karyotypes	Ridley: "Chromosome 21: Eugenics"
10/31	16. Breast Cancer and Curing Cancer	Happy Halloween!!!!
	17.Genetics of cancer  (ppt notes)			Ridley: "Chromosome 17: Death"
11/7	18. Genetic engineering I. (ppt notes)	Restriction enzymes DNA Restriction	More on Genetic Engineering More on Recombinant DNA Technology	Watson: Chap 4 and 5 Gonick/Wheelis: pp. 179-209
	19. Genetic Engineering II	Gel Electrophoresis		Watson: Chap 6 and 10  Ridley: "Chromosome 18: Cures" and "Chromosome 19: Prevention"
11/14	20.Genomics and The Human Genome Project (ppt notes)	Cycle Sequencing	Department of Energy website on HUGO The business side: Celera website	Watson: Chap 7, 8 and 12 Ridley: "Chromosome 22: Free will" and "Chromosome 8: Self-Interest"
	21. Human evolution and the concept of race (ppt notes)		What is race?	Watson: Chap 9 and pp. 395-406 Ridley: "Chromosome 2: Species" and "Chromosome 13: Pre-History"
11/21 and 11/23	No class (Thanksgiving Break)
11/28	Review session for Exam 2 in CNS 112	Review Exam 2 Topics signup sheet
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12/5	Two oral presentations by students 21. Genetic of Immunity	1st draft of the paper is due!!!! Instructions for Topics Project
12/7	Oral presentations by students  in CNS 112
12/12	Oral presentations by students  in CNS 112	1st draft is returned
12/14	Poster session in hallway by CNS 112