Lecture Outline

A. Basic information and methods in plant genetics (8 lectures)
1. Plant genomes and genomics (Haughn; 1 lecture)
2.   Classical and molecular genetics: mutants; gene mapping, cloning and molecular analysis (Haughn, Kunst; 4 lectures)
3.   Gene transfer in plants (Kunst; 1 lecture)
4.   Reverse genetics (Zhang; 2 lectures)

B. Topics in plant genetics (28 lectures)
1. Biochemistry and metabolism (Kunst; 8 lectures)
2.   Development (Haughn; 9 lectures)
3.   Plant-Pathogen Interactions (Zhang; 11 lectures)


Lecture 1        Genomics

Lecture 2     Mutants

Lecture 3,4      Cloning

Genetic Analysis Problems

Answers to Genetic Analysis Problems

Mapping Problem text

Mapping problem Figures 2

Solution Part 3

Solution Part 4

Solution Part 5

Lecture 5            Information from a cloned gene

Analysis of cloned gene-problem

Lecture 6            Transformation

Lecture 7-8.          Reverse genetics ppt presentation

Reverse genetics problem

Reverse genetics problem answer key

Lecture 9-10          Lipid structure and FA biosynthesis ppt presentation

Lecture 10          VLCFA Biosynthesis ppt presentation

Lecture 11          VLCFA Biosynthesis 2 ppt presentation

Lecture 12-13    Glycerolipid Synthesis

Lecture 14-16     Fatty acid unsaturation

Lipid pathway

Lecture 17          Angiosperm Shoots ppt presentation

Lecture 18-19    Floral homeotic mutants

Lecture 20           Writing a Proposal on Testing the ABC Model of Floral Organ Identity

Lecture 21          Testing the ABC model-double mutants

Lecture 22          Cloning the ABC genes

Lecture 23          Analysis of Class A and C genes

Lecture 24           Analysis of Class B genes

Lecture 25          The Role of the SUPERMAN Gene

Reading Assignments on flowering  Review 1  Review 2

Lecture 26-27     Genetic Analysis of Plant Pathogen Interaction

Lecture 28-29      Postive Regulators downstream of SA ppt

Transcript for lecture 28-29

Lecture 30-32

Regulation of SA biosynthesis Part 1 ppt

Regulation of SA biosynthesis Part 1 transcript

Regulation of SA biosynthesis Part 2 ppt

Regulation of SA biosynthesis Part 2 transcript

Lecture 33-34

NPR1 paralogs ppt

NPR1 paralogs transcript

Lecture 35-36

NPR1 independent immunity ppt

NPR1 independent immunity transcript

Lecture 37            Review

Lecture cancelled     Debate