BIO 221 HOMEPAGE – SPRING  2008

SYLLABUS

Raven 7th edition readings

SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST

LECTURE OUTLINES

**TOPICAL LINKS -**:

INFORMATION FOR DISCUSSION SECTION MEETINGS:

Jan. 22:
Assignment due in Discussion
Bag-o-chromosomes worksheet & KEY

Jan. 29:
Genetics Problem Set I: due in discussion & KEY
Genetics Problem Set II: worked in discussion & KEY

Feb. 5:
Genetics Problem Set III: due in discussion & KEY
Genetics Problem Set IV: worked in discussion & KEY
Genetics Problem Set V: distributed in discussion & KEY

Feb. 19:
Discussion group in-class activities guide
Index for Protein Structure analysis movies
Quiz based on Discussion work & KEY

Feb. 26:
Gene Regulation in-class activities guide and KEY

Mar. 11:
Problem set due in discussion & KEY

Mar. 25:
Problem set due in discussion & KEY
Problem set discussed in discussion & KEY

Apr. 8:
Worksheet on Vertebrate Limbs used in discussion & KEY
Problem set (Polygenic/Quantitative Inheritance) due in class & KEY

Apr. 15:
Population genetics homework (due in Discussion) & KEY
Practice problems to be worked on your own & KEY

Genetic drift handout
& KEY to discussion questions
link to Genetic Drift Workbook
(computer simulation)

April 29:
Galapagos finch handout: reconstructing evolutionary history
Galapagos finch quiz & KEY

INFORMATION FOR EXAMS:

Exam study guides

 

Exam 1

 Exam 2

 Exam 3

 Exam 4

Exam keys:

 

Exam 1

Exam 2

Exam 3

Exam 4

PRACTICE EXAMS:

Spring 2007 exams WITHOUT answers:

 

Exam 1

 Exam 2

 Exam 3

 Exam 4

Spring 2007 exams WITH answers:

 

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 Exam 2

 Exam 3

 Exam 4


SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTARY WORK:

More about Mitosis

More about Meiosis

Animated Quiz -- Mitosis vs. Meiosis

Human pedigrees key (SF 1-7 & 1-8)

 

Human Genetics Links:

DNA Forensics Tutorial
(more about RFLP analysis and its applications)

Blazing A Genetic Trail
(info on current strategies in the pursuit of genetic disease) 

Human Genome Project Home Page
(info on benefits, progress & ethics)

 

Tutorial on DNA Structure

Movie Gallery of Macromolecular Motions

Animated Views of: DNA Structure, DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation

More animations of: Transcription, RNA processing, Splicing, Translation, and the lac operon

Developmental Biology Links:

Tutorial on Developmental Biology Vocabulary & Model Systems

Society for Developmental Biology Home Page

Animated Views of the Wingless Pathway
(click on Movies, then on Wnt/beta catenin pathway in new window)