BIOL 202 Lecture Notes - Reductionism, International Hapmap Project, Haplotype
26 Feb 2013
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Conferences begin on jan. 21st - 1. 5 hours/week (see schedule on mycourses) Midterm exam: thursday 21 february 6-8pm (will be 1. 5 hours long) Midterm exam (all multiple choice) - 35% (lectures 1-14) Final (multiple choice and short answer) - 65% (lectures 15-37) Overview of genetics: biologists are interested in how organisms function. They ask questions about biological function: biologists use a reductionist approach, a geneticist searches for mutations (in natural populations or a mutation that they may create in some way with chemicals or with radiation). Make crosses between phenotypes that differ and look at offspring ratios. So in a nutshell: make crosses between genes, note offspring ratio and infer the molecular and developmental differences which could lead you to identifying the dna sequence. We re going forward from the different forms (form the mutations) down to the dna sequences.
