Information Package / Course Catalogue
Genetics Laboratory
Course Code: BYL367
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 0
Prt.: 2
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Hardening the subjects of the Genetic lesson with practises and carrying out the crossing experiments with Drosophila melanogaster

Course Content

Cell division, the structure of chromosomes and anomalies, poligenic inheritance, population genetics and crosses

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Able to learn preparation to demonstrate the process of mitosis and to compare the mitotic process in plant and animal cells
2.Able to comprehend the features of meiosis that set it apart from mitosis and to describe the main events of meiosis
3.Able to describe the morphology of human chromosomes with reference to size, centromere position, and precense or absence of satellites and to prepare caryogram and idiogram
4.Able to learn the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster and culturing in laboratory conditions and to determine the sex
5.Able to recognize different breeds of Drosophila and to evaluate the F2 data by counting the individuals according to phenotype and sex
6.Able to evaluate the F2 data by counting the individuals according to phenotype and sex, after dihybrid crosses
7.Able to interpret F1 and F2 data after crosses using eye colour which is a sex-linkage character in Drosophila
8.Able to comprehend linkage between genes carrying out the crosses with Drosophila
9.Able to examine human caryotypes having different anomalies
10.Able to comprehend the importance of X chromatin and learn preparation of Barr body
11.Able to interpret the data from crosses applying chi-square test
12.Able to understand the importance of polytene chromosomes and learn preparation of this chromosomes from Drosophila salivary glands
13.Able to count and classify his or her own fingerprints and construct histogram using class data
14.Able to comprehend the Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium and calculate the allele frequences using PTC test data and blood type data of the class
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Laboratory notes
2.Genetics: Laboratory Investigations, ISBN 0-13-575986-2
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Examinig mitosis
Week 2 - Theoretical
Examining meiosis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Chromosome morphology and Caryotyping
Week 4 - Theoretical
Drosophila melanogaster
Week 5 - Theoretical
Monohybrid crosses
Week 6 - Theoretical
Dihybrid Crosses
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sex linkage inheritance
Week 8 - Theoretical
Linkage genes
Week 9 - Theoretical
Chromosome anomalies
Week 10 - Theoretical
Barr body
Week 11 - Theoretical
Chi-square analyses and evaluation of crosses
Week 12 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 13 - Theoretical
Polytene chromosomes
Week 14 - Theoretical
Polygenic inheritance: Fingerprint Ridge Count
Week 15 - Theoretical
Population Genetics: Hardy-Weinberg Theory
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory150230
Assignment150115
Reading310131
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
OÇ-1
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-6
4
4
4
4
OÇ-7
4
4
4
4
OÇ-8
4
4
4
4
OÇ-9
4
4
4
OÇ-10
4
4
4
OÇ-11
4
OÇ-12
4
4
OÇ-13
4
4
OÇ-14
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026