BIOL 2500 – GENETICS 1 Winter 2020

Course Instructor: Dr. V.C. Dilukshi Fernando (Dilukshi.Fernando@umanitoba.ca) 421A BSB

Office hours : Mon and Fri 9.30am-11.30am (By appointment only)
Lecture room: 208 Armes
Lab (Tutorial) Instructor: Behnam Beizaei beizaeib@myumanitoba.ca (see tutorial outline)
Required Readings: 1. Textbook: Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach 2nd Ed/3rd Ed
(Sanders & Bowman, 2015 or 2018)
2. 2019-2020 BIOL 2500 Lab Manual

BIOL 2500 Genetics 1 - Principles of heredity in plants and animals. The concepts of dominance
and genetic interaction, sex and inheritance, linkage, chromosomal variations, quantitative and
population genetics, and the genetic code will be covered. Since the ability to solve genetic
problems is essential to success in this course, the lab component will consist exclusively of
tutorials and quizzes.

Course grades will be based on tutorial quizzes and two examinations. Missed work will be
assigned 0 marks, unless appropriate documentation (note from counsellor, physician, or clergy)
is provided within 48 hours of the scheduled exam. Deferred exams/quizzes will be scheduled by
the instructor if necessary. Marks will not be pro-rated to the midterm or final for any reason.

Laboratory (tutorial) component (25%) (Two quizzes, 10% each+ attendance and participation at
in class/lab iclicker sessions 5%)
Quiz 1 – February 4th (B01) February 6th (B02)
Quiz 2 – March 17th (B01) March 19th (B02)

Mid-Term Exam (30%) Wednesday 4th March (out of class 5.30pm) - all MCQ

Final Exam (45%) Scheduled by student records during the April examination period

Final Exam 40 MCQ + 5 long answer (45%) Final exam is not cumulative
(If you miss the final exam due to a valid reason, contact your home faculty. They are the only
body that can grant a deferred final exam).

A+ = 90+, A = 80-89, B+ = 74-79, B = 68-73, C+ = 62-67, C = 56-61, D = 50-55, F = < 50

Please note that we do not cover material in the same order as in the text book and also we cover
only relevant topics not the entire chapter. (Subject to change at instructor’s discretion)
Topic Required reading (2015/2018)
Introduction, Mitosis, Meiosis, Chapter 3
Introduction to Mendelian Genetics* Chapter 2
Mendelian Genetics continued Chapter 2
Mono hybrid cross, di hybrid cross, chi-
squared stats.
Sex linkage, Pedigrees Chapter 3
Pedigrees continued, Sex influenced traits, Chapter 3
Sex determination
Dosage compensation, Basis of Chapter 3
inheritance, co-dominance, multiple alleles
Blood type genetics lethal alleles, epistatis Chapter 4
Mapping, 2 point cross, 3 point cross Chapter 5
Chromosomal mutations Chapter 13/10
Population Genetics Chapter 22/20
Quantitative Genetics Chapter 21/19
DNA structure and replication Chapter 7
Transcription, Protein Chapter 8,9
Molecular Techniques Chapter 10, 17
Molecular Techniques
*Some content may be posted online for self study

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