
PBGG 8890 • Plant Cytogenetics
Behavior and Evolution of the Plant Genome
Student Worksheets
Left, photo of Anaphase I in teosinte, by course alumnus Kyle Swentowski, 2017
- I. Foundations of cytogenetics
- II. Chromosome morphology & terminology
- Part A: Chromosomes & karyotypes
- Part B: B chromosomes
- 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: Mapping, crossing over & its manipulation
- Part E: 2n gametes
- Part F: Apomixis
- part 1, part 2, part 3
- Part G: Gene drives
- Part H: Altering meiosis
- V. Chromosome reconfigurations
- Part A: Deficiencies & Duplications
- Part B: Inversions & Translocations
- Part C: Ring chromosomes & Breakage-fusion-bridge cycles
- VI. Changes in chromosome number
- Part A: Aneuploidy
- Part B: Haploidy & triploidy
- Part C: Autotetraploidy
- Part D: Allopolyploidy
- Part E: Alloploid breeding & genetics
- VII. Evolution of the karyotype/genome
- Part A: Karyotype evolution & diploidization
- Part B: Repetitive DNA
- Part C: Changes in DNA amount & gene number
