PBGG 8890 • Plant Cytogenetics
Behavior and Evolution of the Plant Genome
Lecture Notes
Left, photo of NOR-FISH of a root-tip of hops, by course alumnus Benjamin Rambo-Martin, 2008
Note: The course notes are not a substitute for student notes. Links to course notes will be activated after the lectures, so they may serve as future reference.
- I. Foundations of cytogenetics
- II. Chromosome morphology & terminology
- Part A: Chromosomes & karyotypes Lecture Notes
- Part B: B chromosomes
- Part C: Sex chromosomes
- Provided for information purposes- this section will not be covered in class, and has not been updated.
- III. Mitosis
- Part A: Mitosis & its alterations
- Part B: Somatic instability & crossing over; c-mitosis
- IV. Meiosis
- Part A: Significance & Stages
- Part B: Micro & mega sporo & gametogenesis
- Part C: Chromosome pairing & fundamental concepts
- Part D: Crossing over & impact on mapping
- Part E: 2n gametes
- Part F: Apomixis
- Part G: Gene drives
- Part H: Achiasmate, inverse & somatic meiosis
- Provided for information purposes- this section will not be covered in class, and has not been updated.
- V. Chromosome reconfigurations
- Part A: Deficiencies & Duplications
- Part B: Inversions & Translocations
- Part C: Ring chromosomes & Breakage-fusion-bridge cycles
- Part D: Oenothera cytogenetics
- Provided for information purposes- this section will not be covered in class, and has not been updated.
- VI. Changes in chromosome number
- Part A: Aneuploidy
- Part B: Haploidy & triploidy
- Part C: Autotetraploidy
- Part D: Allopolyploidy
- Part E: Aneuploids in wheat
- VII. Evolution of the karyotype/genome
- Part A: Karyotype evolution & diploidization
- Part B: Repetitive DNA
- Part C: Changes in DNA amount & gene number