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Introduction/Chapter 1 Know a basic definition of Genetics Genetic information – Directs cellular function, Influences an organism physical features, and link between generations Look over the Genetics as a research tool - Difference between random mating and nonrandom mating - Mutation - Gene flow - Genetic Drift - Natural selection Major steps in Genetic Research (what did these individuals do) - Watson and Crick - Paul Berg - Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen - Kary Mullis - Ian Wilmut - Norman Borlaug (what was the Green Revolution) Know the following terms Eukaryotic Prokaryotic Somatic cell Gametic cell Diploid and Haploid Karyotype Biparental inheritance Read over Greek influence on genetics Hippocrates – Humors Aristotle – Vital heat Epigenesis what is it (William Harvey) Preformation and Homunculus What is spontaneous generation – who disproved this and what did he use? What is Fixity of Species? Read over information concerning Darwin Be able to define natural selection What is an adaptive trait? What did Gregor Mendel work with (read over the information from the introduction concerning Mendel) Read over the information about the chromosome from the introduction material (homologous and nonhomologous chromosomes, alleles, loci, difference between sister chromatids and homologous chromosomes) Know about autosomes and sex chromosomes in human cells (how many of each are found in either a somatic cell or gametic cell) Be able to label the parts of chromosomes (use slides 16 – 19 from the Introduction lecture) Know basic information about: 1) Transmission genetics 2) Cytogenetics 3) Molecular genetics (What is DNA biotechnology, Gene therapy, Dolly the Sheep, Therapeutic drugs) 4) Population genetics 5) Look over material on Developmental genetics - Totipotent - Pluripotent - Multipotent Still with developmental genetics know the following terms Determination and Differentiation Difference between an adult stem cell and embryonic stem cell What are the three components of the Trinity of Molecular Genetics DNA introduction - What are nucleotides - What are the three components of a nucleotide (phosphate group, pentose sugar, and nitrogen containing base) - What are the bases of DNA? (A, T, G, and C) - What are genes made of? Read over the information about Proteins What is an Enzyme? What is Basic and Applied research Eugenics (positive and negative) What is Euphenics Be familiar with some genetic advances in Agriculture and Medicine What is Genomics? Difference between functional and structural Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics Proteomics Mitosis and Meiosis Know the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction Know the different types of asexual reproduction Look over the information about chromosomes (centromere, sister chromatids, homologous chromosomes, biparental inheritance) Know the terms karyokinesis and cytokinesis Be able to define the cell cycle and know the stages of the cell cycle Know the overall importance of mitosis and what it does for us Know the overall importance of meiosis and what it does for us Mitosis - Know the sequence of the stages - Know what is happening during each stage - Know the end result as to what is produced (chromosome number – diploid or haploid) are the cell the same genetically? Meiosis - Know the same information about meiosis as listed above for mitosis - Know - synapsis, crossing over, genetic recombination, chiasmata Additional information concerning mitosis and meiosis Know what disjunction is Know that meiosis is divided into two stages Meiosis I and Meiosis (know what these two stages are called Know what kinetochore structures are What the spindle fibers/apparatus does Know about diploid and haploid (chromosome numbers and how they change or stay the same) I will have pictures of certain stages of both mitosis and meiosis (be able to recognize these pictures as to what stage of mitosis or meiosis is occurring