PLNT 2520 INTRODUCTORY GENETICS

September 2010

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. M. Tahir

OFFICE: 305 Agriculture Building (Department of Plant Science)

E-mail: tahir@cc.umanitoba.caTelephone: 474-6076

OFFICE HOURS: By appointment

 

The laboratory instructors will establish their office hours in the first week of the laboratory schedule, starting Monday, Sept. 13, 2010

The Genetics laboratory will be held in Room 343, Agriculture Bldg.

 

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Russell, Peter J. 2006. i Genetics, A Mendelian Approach. Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8053-4666X

OR

Russell, Peter J. 2002. iGenetics. Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8053-4553-1

LABORATORY MANUAL: GENETICS PLNT 2520

BOTH AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE

GRADING SYSTEM SCHEDULE
Laboratory Reports 20% See Schedule in Laboratory Manual
Tutorial Quizzes 15% See Schedule in Laboratory Manual
Participation 5%
Class Mid-Term 20% Friday, October 29, 2010
Final Examination 40% PLEASE NOTE: The final exam will be comprehensive, schedule by Student Records in the December examination period.

Grades from the Class Mid-Term will be available prior to the voluntary withdrawal deadline of November 17, 2010.

A passing grade will only be awarded if the student has achieved a passing grade in both the laboratory and lecture components.

LATE SUBMISSION POLICY: Laboratory Reports are due on the dates scheduled in the Laboratory Manual. The late penalty will be one point deducted from the maximum grade for each day after the deadline, unless the laboratory instructor agrees to an extension for valid reasons.

NOTE: Students are reminded that academic dishonesty including plagiarism, cheating and examination impersonation is subject to severe academic penalties as outlined in the 2010 - 2011 University of Manitoba Undergraduate Calendar, Section 8 of General Academic Regulations and Requirements.

8.1 Plagiarism and Cheating
Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations, term tests or academic work is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or university). Cheating in examinations or tests may take the form of copying from another student or bringing unauthorized materials into the exam room (e.g., crib notes, pagers or cell phones). Exam cheating can also include exam impersonation. (Please see Section 5.2.9 on Exam Personation). A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.

To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one's own. In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Plagiarism applies to any written work, in traditional or electronic format, as well as orally or verbally presented work. Obviously it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, but students are expected to appropriately acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources.

To provide adequate and correct documentation is not only an indication of academic honesty but is also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with ease. Failure to provide appropriate citations constitutes plagiarism. It will also be considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies the answer or answers of another student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment.

Working with other students on assignments, laboratory work, take-home tests, or on-line tests, when this is not permitted by the instructor, can constitute Inappropriate Collaboration and may be subject to penalty under the Student Discipline By-Law.

An assignment which is prepared and submitted for one course should not be used for a different course. This is called "duplicate submission" and represents a form of cheating because course requirements are expected to be fulfilled through original work for each course.

When in doubt about any practice, ask your professor or instructor.

The Student Advocacy Office, 519 University Centre, 474-7423, is a resource available to students dealing with Academic Integrity matters.

 

Please note that only selected sections of each chapter are covered int he lectures; specific page regerences will be given during lecture series.

SECTION
TOPIC
CHAPTER
   
Text Edition
2002
2006
I. Mendelian Analysis        
  Mendelian Genetics I 10 2
  Mendelian Genetics II   10 2
  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 11 3
  Sex Determinatin and Sex Linkage 10,11 2,3
II. Extensions of Mendelian Analysis
  Extensions of Mendelian Analysis I 12 4
  Extensions of Mendelian Analysis II 12 4
  Gene Expressions and the Environment 12 4
  Genetic Mapping in Eukaryotes I 13 6
  Genetic Mapping in Eukaryotes II 13 6
  Chromosomal Mutations - Structure 21 8
  Chromosomal Mutations - Number 21 8
III. Population Genetics
  Genetic Structure, Hardy-Weinberg Law 22 24
  Genetic Variation and Changes in Genetic Structure 22 24
  Changes in Genetic Structure of the Populations Inbreeding 22 24
  Inbreeding 22 24
  Applied Population Genetics 22 24
IV. Quantitative Genetics
  Nature of Continuous Traits 23 5
  Statistical Tools 23 5
  Polygenic Inheritance, Heritability and Response to Selection 23 5
V. Genome Organization
  Composition and Structure of DNA & RNA 2 10
  The Organization of DNA in Chromosomes 2 10
  DNA Replication   3 11
  Transcription   5 13
  Translation   6 14