| Date | Topic | Pages in text: | ||
| 23-Aug | introduction | |||
| 26-Aug | genetics and the organism: history of genetics | 1, p.1-11 | ||
| 28-Aug | structure of genes | 2, p. 24-33 | ||
| 30-Aug | strcture of genes | 2, 35-39;56-66 | ||
| 2-Sep | labor day | |||
| 4-Sep | gene function | 3, 70-73 | ||
| 6-Sep | transmission of DNA: replication | 4, 93-99 | ||
| 9-Sep | mitosis | 41-48;100-107 | ||
| 11-Sep | meiosis | 107-113 | ||
| 13-Sep | meiosis | |||
| 16-Sep | Inheritance of single-gene differences: mendels "laws" | 119-126; | ||
| 18-Sep | Inheritance of single-gene differences: mendels "laws" | 150-155 | ||
| 20-Sep | Inheritance of single-gene differences: sex linked genes & pedigrees | 126-137 | ||
| 23-Sep | Probability | 155-156; 167-169 | ||
| 25-Sep | Exam 1 | |||
| 27-Sep | Ethics and eugenics | |||
| 30-Sep | Genetic recombination in eukaryotes: crossing over | 148-161 | ||
| 2-Oct | Genetic recombinatin in eukaryotes: Linkage maps | 161-165 | ||
| 4-Oct | Genetic recombinatin in eukaryotes: Linkage maps | |||
| 7-Oct | Recombination in bacteria: conjugation | 184-196 | ||
| 9-Oct | Recombination in bacteria: transformation | |||
| 11-Oct | Recombinant DNA | 215-231 | ||
| 14-Oct | genetic engineering | 266-271; 285-291 | ||
| 16-Oct | genomics | 294-305 | ||
| 18-Oct | Exam 2 | |||
| 21-Oct | Gene mutation: mutation | 314-330 | ||
| 23-Oct | Gene mutation: mobile elements | 331-344 | ||
| 25-Oct | Chromosome mutations | 350-372 | ||
| 28-Oct | Chromosome mutations: evolution of the genome | 373-384 | ||
| 30-Oct | Regulation of transcription: prokaryotes | 420-433 | ||
| 1-Nov | Regulation of transcription: prokaryotes | |||
| 4-Nov | Regulation of transcription: eukaryotes | 433-444 | ||
| 6-Nov | Gene to phenotype: genic interations | 454-472 | ||
| 8-Nov | Gene to phenotype: genic interations | |||
| 11-Nov | Exam 3 | |||
| 13-Nov | development: sex determination | 510-520 | ||
| 15-Nov | development: forming complex pattern | 525-539; 542-545 | ||
| 18-Nov | population genetics | 554-565 | ||
| 20-Nov | population genetics | 565-581 | ||
| 22-Nov | quantitative genetics | 588-596; 599-604 | ||
| 25-Nov | quantitative genetics | 606-614 | ||
| 27-Nov | evolutionary genetics | 620-640 | ||
| 29-Nov | thanksgiving break | |||
| 2-Dec | conservation genetics | |||
| 4-Dec | review | |||