INSC 578 Behavioral Genetics

BIO488/INSC578 Behavioral Genetics

Spring 2008

January 22: Ted Abel

INTRODUCTION INTO BEHAVIORAL GENETICS; GENE MAPPING AND NATURE OF

MUTATIONS

January 29: Maja Bucan

REVERSE AND FORWARD GENETICS AND POSITIONAL CLONING

February 5: Ted Brodkin

ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI

February 12: Mingyao Li

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL AND LINKAGE ANALYSIS

February 19: Ted Abel

GENETIC APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND MEMORY

February 26: Amita Sehgal

MOLECULAR BASIS OF CIRCADIAN BEHAVIOR

March 4: Sigrid Veasey

NARCOLEPSY AND SLEEP DISORDERS

March 11: Spring Break

March 18: Wade Berrettini

GENETIC STUDIES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER

MODULE 2

March 25: Maja Bucan

GENETICS OF HUMAN DISEASE AND ENDOPHENOTYPES

April 1: Michael Granato

ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR

April 8: Nancy Bonini

DROSOPHILA MODELS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

April 15: Ted Brodkin

AUTISM AND ASPERGER SYNDROME

April 22: Tom Jongens

MENTAL RETARDATION (WITH EMPHASIS ON FRAGILE X)

April 29: Virginia Lee

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

May 6: Class party