Honors Biology 298

Lecture Schedule
 

  TOPIC TEXTBOOK CHAPTER PAGES
WEEK 1 Introduction 
Cell Structure
DNA/RNA
Protein

2 (20-24)
8 (183-193)
9 (205-206, 210-212)
WEEK 2
Transcription/Translation   

9 (202-209)
WEEK 3
What is a gene?
Gene expression and regulation 

3 (52-53)
9 (204-205)
WEEK 4
Chromosomes/Chromatin/Cytogenetics 
Cell Division (Mitosis & Meiosis)

6, 8 (121-145, 191-192)
2 (24-36)
WEEK 5
Protein to Phenotypes
Protein Disorders 


10 (219-235)
WEEK 6
Human Genetics/Inheritance
Genetic Screening 

14 (324-329)
16 (376-378)
WEEK 7
Aging/Biological Clock
Genes and Cancer

12 (269-283)
 
WEEK 8
Cancer and the Cell Cycle
Oncogenes and Proto-Oncogenes
The Fight Against Cancer 

12 (269-283)

 
WEEK 9
Chromosomes and Cancer
Cancer and the Environment   

12 (283-285)
 
WEEK 10
EPA Website
Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis


11 (249-257)
WEEK 11
Mutations/DNA Repair/Apoptosis
Recombinant DNA Technology

11 (259-261)
13 (291-294)
WEEK 12
Cloning
PCR/Southern Blot

13 (294-304)
13 (304-310)
WEEK 13
DNA Fingerprinting
Human Genome Project

14 (331-334)
15 (346-354, 356-359)
WEEK 14
Applications of Genetic Engineering
Gene Therapy

14 (316-323)
16 (372-376)
WEEK 15
Tissue Engineering
Organ Transplantation 


17 (386-387, 396-398)