Tentative Schedule of Weekly Topics and Reading Assignments

Aug. 30—Chapter 27 (BTS) ABZ’s of DNA, Synthesis, and Repair

Sept. 6—Chapter 1 (C&H) Genome Sequences

Labor Day

Sept. 13—Chapter 2 (C&H) Genome Evolution

Sept. 20—Chapter 3 (C&H) Genome Variation

Sept. 27—Chapter 28 (BTS) Transcription

Oct. 4—Chapter 4 (C&H) DNA Microarrays

Fall Break

Oct. 18—Chapter 5 (C&H) Microarray Applications

Oct. 25---Chapter 6 (C&H) Proteomics

Nov. 1—Chapter 31 (BTS) Regulation of Gene Expression

Election day

Nov. 8—Viral and Plasmodium Genomes

Genome Term Paper Due 11/12/04

Nov. 15—Chapter 7—Simple Circuits

Nov. 22—Chapter 8—Complicated Circuits

Thanksgiving

Nov. 29—Chapter 9 (C&H)—Whole Genomes

Student Report—Chapter 12 Gene Therapy

Dec. 6 Student Report—Chapter 10 Dystrophin

Student Report—Chapter 11 Leptin

Last class Dec. 8

Presentation Assignment #1—Friday September 10

Chap. 1 Discovery Questions in Blue Boxes (one student per box)

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16-17

18-21

24-27

28-30

31-32