Lecture

Date

Subject

Readings in italics are those that will require a report

1

08/27/09 Thu

Introduction; Historical origins of Behavioral and Neural Genetics

1. Syllabus
2. History
3. Hirsch
4. Holden
5. Plomin
6. Foundations of Behavioral Biology

2

09/01/09 Tue

Behaving without a “brain”

1. Preer
2. Kung

3

09/03/09 Thu 

The nematode

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1. Brenner
2. Hodgkin
3. Kaletta

4

09/08/09 Tue

The fruit fly I: Biology, genetic principles and screens

1. Anderson
2. Sokolowski
3. Thomas
4. de Bono

5

09/10/09 Thu

The fruit fly II

6

09/15/09 Tue

Complex behavior in a simple organism - fruit fly courtship behavior

1. Dickson
2. Baker
3. Casci
4. Toma

7

09/17/09 Thu

The fruit fly III: Natural variations and quantitative genetics of behavior.

1. Mackay
2. Reaume

8

09/22/09 Tue

Simple models: The honey bee

1. Smith

9

09/24/09 Thu

The mouse; Q & A for exam I

1. Crabbe
2. Bucan

09/29/09 Tue

Exam I (Lectures 1-8)

1. Exam 1 Key

10/01/09 Thu

No class

10

10/06/09 Tue

The genetics of mammalian sexual and maternal behaviors

1. Robinson
2. Donaldson

11

10/08/09 Thu

The genetics of social behaviors - pheromone sensing in rodents (Tim Holy)

1. Dulac
2. Firestein

12

10/13/09 Tue

The sense of touch and the genetics of pain (Gina Story)

1. Perl
2. Patapoutian

13

10/15/09 Thu

Behavioral epigenetics and imprinting

1. Murrell
2. Meaney
3. Theodoridou

14

10/20/09 Tue

Learning and memory I

1. Kandel

15

10/22/09 Thu

Learning and memory II

1. Tully
2. Lehrer
3. Waddell

16

10/27/09 Tue

Eugenics – race and misuse of “genetics” (Gar Allan)

1. Breeding
2. DNA & Criminal Justice System
3. Ideology of Elimination

17

10/29/09 Thu

Bird song – genetics of communications

1. Bolhuis
2. Stefanko

18

11/03/09 Tue

Biological Clocks (Christian Beaule)

1. Kuhlman
2. Siepka

19

11/05/09 Thu

Sleep (Paul Shaw)

1. Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
2. Jeffrey M. Donlea and Paul J. Shaw

20

11/10/09 Tue

Anxiety and depression Q & A for exam II

1. Margit Burmeister, Melvin G. McInnis and Sebastian Zöllner

11/12/09 Thu

Exam II (lectures 9-19)

1. Exam 2 Key

21

11/17/09 Tue

Alcoholism and drug abuse (Sarah Hartz)

1. Sarah Hartz and Laura Bierut

22

11/19/09 Thu

Aggression and anti-social behaviors

1. Popova

23

11/24/09 Tue

Sensory biology – emphasis on chemosensation

1. Yarmolinski
2. Stocker

11/26/09 Thu

Thanksgiving Break

24

12/01/09 Tue

Genetic tools for studying and manipulating the brain and behavior

25

12/03/09 Thu

Open discussion; Q & A for final exam