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COURSE TOPICS

Molecular Markers: Tools of Molecular Genetics

Mendel's Discoveries and Molecular Genetics

Plant Domestication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure and Differentiation

Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci

Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping

Map-Based Cloning of Plant Genes: On-line Resources

DNA Sequencing Technologies

Genome Sequencing: On-line Resources

Plant Genome Evolution: On-line Resources

Sequencing and Evolution of Plant Genomes

Plant Transposable Elements: On-line Resources

Plant Transcription, Transcription Factors, and Chromatic Remodeling: On-Line Resources

Transcription Animations

Plant Non-Coding RNAs: On-Line Resources

Higher Order Concepts: Second Half of Semester

Control of Plant Gene Expression by Cis-Acting Elements and Trans-Acting Factors

Genes Controlling Flower Development in Plants: Mendelian Genetics to Molecular Sequence

Transposon Tagging of Plant Gene

Analyzing Plant Gene Expression with Transgenic Plants