This list of figures used in class (from "Biology"
by Campbell and Reece 7th ed.) is to help you study or keep track of
what has been covered in class. This list is in not intended to
include everything covered in class, and there may be information that
was discussed in class that
did not have an accompanying figure or was from a different text.
1/26 Strong
Inference
1/28 DNA Structure
2/2 Signal Transduction
2/4 From DNA to
Proteins, Transcription
2/9 RNA Processing and Translation
2/11 Post-translational Modifications
End of Material for Exam 1
2/18 Can genes control behavior?
2/23 Viruses
2/25 Bacteria and Bacterial Gene
Expression. An Introduction to the Complexities of
Regulation of Eukarytoic Gene
Expression.
3/1 Regulation of Eukaryotic
Gene Expression continued
3/3 Examples of controling
gene expression and an introduction to DNA replication
3/8 DNA replication and replication
errors
End of material for Exam 2
3/22 Biotechnology
3/24 More Biotechnology, PCR
online animation
3/29 Genetically Modifying Plants
and People; Haploid vs Diploid Cells
3/31 Mitosis and Telomeres
4/5 Cancer, We covered the causes
today, and will finish with a brief discussion of cures on 4/7
4/7 Treating cancer (on Powerpoint from 4/5). Sexual vs. Asexual reproduction
4/12 Meiosis and how meiosis
produces genetically diverse gametes and therefore genetically diverse
offspring.
End of Material for Exam #3
4/19 Simple Inheritance;
analyzing the past and predicting the future... blood-types as an
example.
4/21 Complex Inheritance
4/26 More Complex Inheritance:
Genomic Imprinting and Environmental Effects
4/28 Genetic Diversity and Evolution
5/3 How Evolution Occurs:
Natural Selection
5/5 Evolution: Selection,
Random,
and the Environment
End of Material for Exam #4
End of Material for the Semester