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Genetics 1 Topics

Updated: May 14, 2020

These are the topics I plan to cover in the Genetics 1 section of my website. This list is not definite and will likely change. It is more of a guide to keep me on track.


Introduction to Genetics

- Genetic Diversity

- Evolution

- Model Genetic Organisms

- History of Genetics

- Fundamental Genetics Concepts

- DNA


Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction

- Prokaryotic Cell Reproduction

- Eukaryotic Cell Reproduction

- Mitosis

- The Cell Cycle

- Meiosis

- Genetic Variation


Basic Principles of Heredity

- Gregor Mendel

- Genetic Terminology

- Dominance

- Alleles

- Predicting Genetic Crosses

- Genetic Symbols

- Independent Assortment


Sex determination and Sex-linked Characteristics

- Chromosomes

- Types of Sex Determination

- X-linked Characteristics

- Nondisjunction

- Z-linked Characteristics

- Y-linked Characteristics

- Lyon Hypothesis


Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles

- Types of Dominance

- Penetrance and Expressivity

- Lethal Alleles

- Multiple Alleles

- Cytoplasmic Inheritance

- Genetic Maternal Effect

- Genomic Imprinting

- Environmental Effects on the Phenotype


Pedigree Analysis, Applications, and Genetic Testing

- Pedigrees

- Autosomal Recessive Traits

- Autosomal Dominant Traits

- X-Linked Reccesive Traits

- X-linked Dominant Traits

- Y-linked Traits

- Types of Twins

- Genetic Counseling

- Genetic Testing

- Interpreting Genetic Tests

- At Home Genetic Testing

- Ethical Issues with Genetic Testing


Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping

- Linked Genes

- Coupling and Repulsion

- Mapping Human Genes

- Mapping with Molecular Markers

- Somatic Cells


Chromosome Variation

- Types of Chromosome Mutations

- Duplications

- Deletions

- Inversions

- Translocations

- Fragile Sites

- Copy/Number Variations

- Aneuploidy

- Mosaicism

- Autopolyploidy

- Allopolyploidy


Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems

- Bacterial Diversity

- The Bacterial Genome

- Plasmids

- Conjugation

- Gene Transfer and Antibiotic Resistance

- Transformation in Bacteria

- Horizontal Gene Transfer

- Bacteriophages

- Transduction

- RNA Viruses

- HIV and AIDS

- Influenza


DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene

- Watson and Crick

- Rosalind Franklin

- DNA Structure

- RNA Structure


Chromosome Structure and Organelle DNA

- Supercoiling

- Bacterial Chromosomes

- Eukaryotic Chromosomes

- Centromeres

- Telomeres

- Denaturation and Renaturation of DNA

- Types of DNA sequences

- Mitochondria and Chloroplast Structure

- Endosymbiotic Theory

- Mitochondrial DNA - Chloroplast DNA


DNA Replication and Recombination

- Meselson and Stahl's Experiment

- DNA Replication

- Bacterial Replication


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