Objectives:
1. To introduce the student to additional genetic information and concepts
beyond an introductory course.
2. To familiarize the student with plant genetics terminology and concepts.
3. To prepare the student for further undergraduate and graduate courses
in genetics.
SUBJECT MATTER
OF COURSE:
The course covers a broad spectrum of topics in genetics including:
Altered segregation large changes in genetic material cytoplasmic genetics
Statistics population genetics mutations
Linkage quantitative genetics genetic engineering
Plant examples are used whenever possible.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
Stansfield, W. D. (2010) GENETICS 5th Edition. Schaum’s Outline
Series. McGraw-Hill Inc. Toronto
AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
GRADING SYSTEM:
SCHEDULE:
Tutorial Exam I, 15%,
Friday, October 22, 2010
Midterm Lecture
Exam, 25%,
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tutorial
Exam II, 15%,
Friday, December 03, 2010
Final Lecture
Exam, 45%,
Scheduled 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.
Academic Regulations
and Policy:
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.
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.
LECTURE OUTLINE
Topics
I. Review of Mendelian
Principles
1. Nucleic acids, mitosis, meiosis and gametogenesis
2. Segregation, assortment, dominance relationships, multiple allelic
series
II. Altered Segregation
3. Altered segregation
I
4. Altered segregation II
5. Gene interaction - epistasis
III. Statistics in Genetics
6. Probability, chi squared tests
7. Distributions and minimum family size
IV. Gene linkage, Recombination and Mapping
8. Detection of linkage
9. Gene mapping in diploids I
10. Gene mapping in diploids II
11. Linkage and mapping in fungi
12. Linkage and mapping in bacteria
V. Large Changes in
Genetic Material
13. Variation in chromosome
numbers
14. Segregation and linkage in polyploids I
15. Segregation and linkage in polyploids II
16. Changes in chromosome structure
VI. Genes in Populations
17. Gene frequencies and equilibrium
18. Factors operating to direct change I
19. Factors operating to direct change II
20. Factors operating to direct change III
21. Factors operating to direct change IV
22. Inbreeding
VII. Quantitative Genetics
23. Is part of continuous variation heritable?
24. Analysis of quantitative characters using means
25. Analysis of quantitative characters using variances
26. Genetic and Molecular Markers
27. Analysis of quantitative trait loci using molecular markers
28. Applications in Plant and Animal Improvement
VIII. Cytoplasmic
Genetics
29. Maternal effects
and cytoplasmic inheritance
30. Mitochondria and plastid gene transmission and recombination
31. Cytoplasmic male sterility systems and plant breeding
IX. Mutation, Genetic Engineering
32. Gene mutation
33. Induced genetic changes
34. Genetic engineering and crop improvement I
35. Genetic engineering and crop improvement II
Review / Final Lecture Exam Preparation
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