MBG 2040

University of Guelph

Course Overview

Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Extensions and Modifications of Basic Genetic Principles

2.9hr

1.1.1. Phases of the Cell Cycle5 min

1.1.2. Practice 12 min

1.1.3. Cell cycle Control7 min

1.1.4. Putting the Breaks on the Cell Cycle4 min

1.1.5. Example1 min

1.1.6. Practice 139 sec

1.1.7. Practice 22 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

1.7.1. Mendel's Law of Segregation10 min

1.7.2. Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment6 min

1.7.3. Punnett Square Rules4 min

1.7.4. Example 15 min

1.7.5. Example 29 min

1.7.6. Practice 1

1.7.7. Practice 2

1.7.8. Practice 3

1.7.9. Practice 4

1.7.10. Cheatsheet: Inheritance Terminology

1.8.1. Incomplete Dominance and Co-Dominance3 min

1.8.2. Example4 min

1.8.3. Practice 1

1.9.1. Pedigree Analysis9 min

1.10.1. Inheritance of Autosomal Traits9 min

1.10.2. Example 1

1.10.3. Example 2

1.11.1. Inheritance of X-linked Traits

1.11.2. Example 13 min

1.11.3. Example 2

1.11.4. Example 3

1.12.1. Blood Types2 min

1.12.2. Practice 1

1.12.3. Pleiotropy, Epistasis and Polygenic Inheritance5 min

1.12.4. Practice 2

1.12.5. Example: Epistasis5 min

1.12.6. Practice 3

1.13.1. Forked Line Method5 min

1.13.2. Probability Method4 min

1.13.3. Practice 1

1.13.4. Practice 2

1.14.1. Practice 1

1.14.2. Practice 2

1.14.3. Practice 3

1.14.4. Practice 4

1.14.5. Practice 5

1.14.6. Practice 6

1.14.7. Practice 7

1.14.8. Practice 8

1.15.1. Practice 1

1.15.2. Practice 2

1.15.3. Practice 3

2. Chromosome Variation

19min

2.1.1. Chromosomal Nondisjunction, Aneuploidy and Polyploidy6 min

2.1.2. Example2 min

2.1.3. Practice 1

2.1.4. Practice 27 min

2.2.1. Duplications, Deletions and Inversions4 min

2.2.2. Practice 1

3. Linkage and Recombination

1.2hr

3.1.1. Gene Mapping4 min

3.2.1. Practice 1

3.2.2. Practice 2

3.2.3. Practice 3

3.2.4. Practice 4

3.2.5. Practice 5

3.2.6. Practice 6

3.2.7. Practice 7

3.2.8. Practice 8

3.3.1. Inheritance of X-linked Traits

3.3.2. Example 13 min

3.3.3. Example 2

3.3.4. Example 3

3.4.1. Mendel's Law of Segregation10 min

3.4.2. Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment6 min

3.4.3. Punnett Square Rules4 min

3.4.4. Example 15 min

3.4.5. Example 29 min

3.4.6. Practice 1

3.4.7. Practice 2

3.4.8. Practice 3

3.4.9. Practice 4

3.4.10. Cheatsheet: Inheritance Terminology

3.5.1. Inheritance of Autosomal Traits9 min

3.5.2. Example 1

3.5.3. Example 2

3.6.1. Forked Line Method5 min

3.6.2. Probability Method4 min

3.6.3. Practice 1

3.6.4. Practice 2

3.7.1. Practice 1

3.7.2. Practice 2

3.7.3. Practice 3

3.8.1. Pedigree Analysis9 min

3.9.1. Penetrance versus Expressivity

3.10.1. Lateral Gene Transfer5 min

5. DNA and Chromosome Structure

48min

5.1.1. Nucleic Acids5 min

5.1.2. The DNA Double Helix5 min

5.1.3. Example2 min

5.1.4. Practice 11 min

5.1.5. Practice 22 min

5.1.6. Practice 33 min

5.1.7. Practice 445 sec

5.2.1. The Gene and the Genome10 min

5.2.2. Practice 11 min

5.3.1. Review of DNA Structure10 min

5.3.2. Practice 12 min

5.3.3. Practice 2

5.4.1. Lateral Gene Transfer5 min

6. DNA Replication

1.1hr

6.1.1. Meselson-Stahl Experiment9 min

6.1.2. Practice 12 min

6.1.3. Example: Applying the Meselson-Stahl Experiment2 min

6.2.1. DNA Replication in Cells14 min

6.2.2. Example: Leading and Lagging Strands2 min

6.2.3. Practice 12 min

6.2.4. Practice 23 min

6.2.5. Example: Complete the Replication Bubble4 min

6.3.1. Telomerase4 min

6.3.2. Practice 11 min

6.3.3. Practice 22 min

6.4.1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)10 min

6.4.2. Primer Design3 min

6.4.3. Example 15 min

6.4.4. Practice 12 min

6.4.5. Practice 2

7. Transcription and RNA Processing

55min

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. Genes and mRNA8 min

7.2.2. General Structure of mRNA4 min

7.3.1. Initiation8 min

7.3.2. Elongation7 min

7.3.3. Termination4 min

7.3.4. Practice 14 min

7.3.5. Practice 22 min

7.3.6. Practice 3

7.4.1. Transcription In Eukaryotes9 min

7.4.2. Practice 1

8. The Genetic Code and Translation

56min

8.1.1. The Genetic Code8 min

8.1.2. Reading Frame3 min

8.1.3. Practice 13 min

8.1.4. Practice 22 min

8.1.5. Practice 32 min

8.1.6. Practice 43 min

8.1.7. Summary of Genes and mRNA

8.2.1. RNA Maturation in Eukaryotes8 min

8.2.2. Example 3 min

8.2.3. Practice 11 min

8.2.4. Practice 23 min

8.2.5. mRNA Maturation - Theory3 min

8.3.1. Translation into Proteins9 min

8.3.2. Differences in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Translation3 min

8.3.3. Example 15 min

8.3.4. Example 2

8.3.5. Transcription vs. Translation Chart

8.3.6. Practice 1

8.3.7. Practice 2

9. Gene Mutations and DNA Repair

1hr

9.1.1. Types of DNA Mutations9 min

9.1.2. Practice 1

9.1.3. Practice 2

9.1.4. Sources of Mutation: DNA Slippage5 min

9.1.5. Sources of Mutation: Tautomeric Shifts7 min

9.1.6. Example: Tautomeric Shifts4 min

9.1.7. Sources of Mutation: Copy Number Variations3 min

9.1.8. Sources of Mutation: Mobile Elements7 min

9.2.1. Repair of Mutations During Replication [Exonuclease Activity and Mismatch Repair]10 min

9.2.2. Repair of Mutations by Mutagens [Nucleotide Excision Repair]3 min

9.2.3. Practice 12 min

9.3.1. Repair of DNA Double Stranded Breaks [detailed]9 min

9.3.2. Practice 12 min

10. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria

53min

10.1.1. Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression4 min

10.1.2. Operons 2 min

10.1.3. Prokaryotic Levels of Regulation6 min

10.1.4. Prokaryotic Regulatory Proteins5 min

10.1.5. Types of Transcriptional Regulation5 min

10.1.6. Practice 1

10.1.7. Practice 2

10.1.8. Practice 3

10.2.1. The Lac Operon5 min

10.2.2. Practice 1

10.2.3. Practice 2

10.2.4. Practice 3

10.3.1. The Lac Operon [detailed]5 min

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

10.3.3. Lac Operon Summary

10.3.4. Example 1

10.3.5. Example 2

10.3.6. Practice 1

10.4.1. The Maltose (mal) Operon 4 min

10.4.2. Example 1

10.4.3. Practice 1

10.4.4. Practice 2

10.4.5. Practice 3

10.5.1. The Tryptophan (Trp) Operon5 min

10.5.2. Trp Operon Attenuation8 min

10.5.3. The Trp Operon Summary

10.5.4. Example 1

10.5.5. Example 2

10.5.6. Practice 1

10.5.7. Practice 2

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