BIOL 311

U of C

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Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Single Gene Inheritance

1.2hr

1.1.1. Phases of the Cell Cycle5 min

1.1.2. Practice 12 min

1.2.1. Mitosis and Cytokinesis7 min

1.2.2. Cytokinesis2 min

1.2.3. Practice 13 min

1.2.4. Practice 23 min

1.2.5. Practice 3

1.2.6. Practice 4

1.2.7. Ploidy & C-value coefficients5 min

1.3.1. Meiosis I10 min

1.3.2. Chromosomal Crossover3 min

1.3.3. Meiosis Nomenclature3 min

1.3.4. Practice 1

1.3.5. Practice 2

1.3.6. Practice 3

1.4.1. Meiosis II5 min

1.4.2. Practice 1

1.4.3. Practice 2

1.4.4. Practice 3

1.4.5. Practice 4

1.4.6. Example: Graphing Ploidy & C-value Coefficients4 min

1.5.1. History of Mendelian Genetics4 min

1.5.2. Basics of Probability for Genetics5 min

1.5.3. Example 12 min

1.5.4. Example 22 min

1.5.5. Practice 1

1.6.1. Alleles3 min

1.6.2. Genotype and Phenotype5 min

2. Independent Assortment of Genes

1.2hr

2.1.1. Mendel's Law of Segregation10 min

2.1.2. Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment6 min

2.1.3. Punnett Square Rules4 min

2.1.4. Example 15 min

2.1.5. Example 29 min

2.1.6. Practice 1

2.1.7. Practice 2

2.1.8. Practice 3

2.1.9. Practice 4

2.1.10. Cheatsheet: Inheritance Terminology

2.2.1. Pedigree Analysis9 min

2.3.1. Inheritance of Autosomal Traits9 min

2.3.2. Example 1

2.3.3. Example 2

2.4.1. Inheritance of X-linked Traits

2.4.2. Example 13 min

2.4.3. Example 2

2.4.4. Example 3

2.5.1. Practice 1

2.5.2. Practice 2

2.5.3. Practice 3

2.5.4. Practice 4

2.5.5. Practice 5

2.5.6. Practice 6

2.5.7. Practice 7

2.5.8. Practice 8

2.6.1. Forked Line Method5 min

2.6.2. Probability Method4 min

2.6.3. Practice 1

2.6.4. Practice 2

2.7.1. Practice 1

2.7.2. Practice 2

2.7.3. Practice 3

2.8.1. Penetrance versus Expressivity

2.9.1. Lateral Gene Transfer5 min

3. Genetic Linkage

33min

3.1.1. Genetic Linkage4 min

3.1.2. The Configuration Of Linked Genes 4 min

3.1.3. The Chi-Square Test and Linkage Analysis12 min

3.1.4. Example Problem - Chi-Square Test 7 min

3.1.5. Practice 1

3.1.6. Practice 2

3.1.7. Practice 3

3.1.8. Practice 4

3.1.9. Practice Question - Chi-Square

3.1.10. Recombination Frequencies and Linkage Maps6 min

4. Genetic Interactions

17min

4.1.1. Incomplete Dominance and Co-Dominance3 min

4.1.2. Example4 min

4.1.3. Practice 1

4.2.1. Pleiotropy, Epistasis and Polygenic Inheritance5 min

4.2.2. Practice 2

4.2.3. Practice 3

4.2.4. Example: Epistasis5 min

5. Recombination and Large Chromosomal Rearrangements

19min

5.1.1. Chromosomal Nondisjunction, Aneuploidy and Polyploidy6 min

5.1.2. Example2 min

5.1.3. Practice 1

5.1.4. Practice 27 min

5.2.1. Duplications, Deletions and Inversions4 min

5.2.2. Practice 1

7. DNA (Replication and PCR)

1hr

7.1.1. The Central Dogma of Biology4 min

7.1.2. Practice 1

7.1.3. Practice 22 min

7.1.4. Practice 32 min

7.2.1. Nucleic Acids5 min

7.2.2. The DNA Double Helix5 min

7.2.3. Example2 min

7.2.4. Practice 11 min

7.2.5. Practice 22 min

7.2.6. Practice 33 min

7.2.7. Practice 445 sec

7.3.1. Review of DNA Structure10 min

7.3.2. Practice 12 min

7.3.3. Practice 2

7.4.1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)10 min

7.4.2. Primer Design3 min

7.4.3. Example 15 min

7.4.4. Practice 12 min

7.4.5. Practice 2

8. DNA (Variation and Sequencing)

1.2hr

8.1.1. Introduction to DNA Polymorphism 4 min

8.1.2. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs)

8.1.3. Example Problem 4 min

8.1.4. Practice Question 1.6 min

8.1.5. Practice Question. 2 2 min

8.1.6. Simple Sequence Length Polymorphism (SSLPs)5 min

8.1.7. Indel & Large Scale Chromosomal Changes4 min

8.1.8. Example Problem 5 min

8.1.9. Practice Question55 sec

8.1.10. Practice Question3 min

8.1.11. Practice Question4 min

8.1.12. Polymorphism in association with mRNA and proteins. 13 min

8.1.13. Example Problem2 min

8.1.14. Practice Question 2 min

8.1.15. Practice Question3 min

8.1.16. Summary of Genetic Variations 2 min

8.2.1. DNA Sequencing9 min

8.3.1. (Agarose) Gel Electrophoresis 3 min

9. Gene Structure, Transcription, Translation

1.9hr

9.1.1. The Gene and the Genome10 min

9.1.2. Practice 11 min

9.2.1. Genes and mRNA8 min

9.2.2. General Structure of mRNA4 min

9.2.3. The Genetic Code8 min

9.2.4. Reading Frame3 min

9.2.5. Practice 13 min

9.2.6. Practice 22 min

9.2.7. Practice 32 min

9.2.8. Practice 43 min

9.2.9. Summary of Genes and mRNA

9.3.1. Initiation8 min

9.3.2. Elongation7 min

9.3.3. Termination4 min

9.3.4. Practice 14 min

9.3.5. Practice 22 min

9.3.6. Practice 3

9.4.1. Transcription In Eukaryotes9 min

9.4.2. Practice 1

9.5.1. RNA Maturation in Eukaryotes8 min

9.5.2. Example 3 min

9.5.3. Practice 11 min

9.5.4. Practice 23 min

9.5.5. mRNA Maturation - Theory3 min

9.6.1. Translation into Proteins9 min

9.6.2. Differences in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Translation3 min

9.6.3. Example 15 min

9.6.4. Example 2

9.6.5. Transcription vs. Translation Chart

9.6.6. Practice 1

9.6.7. Practice 2

10. Prokaryotic Gene Regulation

20min

10.1.1. Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression4 min

10.1.2. Operons 2 min

10.1.3. Types of Transcriptional Regulation5 min

10.1.4. Practice 2

10.2.1. The Lac Operon [detailed]5 min

10.2.2. The Lac Operon & Glucose Regulation [detailed]5 min

10.2.3. Lac Operon Summary

10.2.4. Example 1

10.2.5. Example 2

10.2.6. Practice 1

11. Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

1.1hr

11.1.1. Epigenetic Gene Regulation5 min

11.1.2. X-Chromosome Inactivation4 min

11.1.3. Practice 1

11.1.4. Practice 2

11.2.1. Transcription Factors, Enhancers and Repressors3 min

11.2.2. Practice 1

11.2.3. Practice 2

11.3.1. Regulation of Genetic Expression in Eukaryotes 5 min

11.3.2. The GAL System in Yeast 6 min

11.3.3. Example Problem3 min

11.3.4. Practice Question2 min

11.4.1. Eukaryotic Post-Transcriptional Regulation6 min

11.4.2. Practice 1

11.4.3. Practice 2

11.5.1. Translational and Post-translational Regulation2 min

11.5.2. Practice

11.6.1. Eukaryotic Genes11 min

11.6.2. Non-coding DNA7 min

11.6.3. Transposable Elements12 min

11.6.4. Transposable Elements Example Problem3 min

12. Cloning, Restriction Mapping, CRISPR

1.1hr

12.1.1. Cloning and DNA libraries17 min

12.1.2. Plasmids2 min

12.1.3. Restriction Enzymes or Endonucleases3 min

12.1.4. Restriction Enzymes7 min

12.1.5. Digestion and ligation

12.1.6. Gene Cloning5 min

12.2.1. Homologous Recombination in Yeast8 min

12.2.2. Genome Editing11 min

12.2.3. CRISPR [detailed]9 min

12.2.4. Practice: CRISPR4 min

12.2.5. Practice 1

12.2.6. Practice 2

12.3.1. Gene Mapping4 min

13. Genetics of Development

36min

13.1.1. Causes of Cancer14 min

13.1.2. Cancer Treatments9 min

13.1.3. How does cancer grow?7 min

13.1.4. Example: Cancer Causes3 min

13.1.5. Example: Cancer Treatment3 min

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ME.2. Midterm Exam - Mock Assessment27 Qns

ME.3. Final Exam - Mock Exam36 Qns

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