1. AP EXAM REVIEW SESSION MOLECULAR GENETICS Be prepared, not scared!

2. Nucleic Acids

3. DNA

4. DNA Replication

5. Mitosis vs. Meiosis

6. Mitosis vs. Meiosis, cont

7. Meiosis in Humans

8. Mechanisms of Gene Transfer in Bacteria

9. Gene Expression DNA → Protein

13. Prokaryotic Regulation of Gene Expression Operons

14. Eukaryotic Gene Expression

15. REGULATION OF EUK GENE EXPRESSION Pre-Transcriptional Modifications  Chromatin Re-modeling o Acetylation of Histones o Methylation  Initiation of Transcription o Transcription Factors

16. REGULATION OF EUK GENE EXPRESSION Post-Transcriptional Modifications, cont  mRNA Degradation  Protein Processing o Proteosomes  Non-Coding RNAs o microRNAs (miRNAs) o small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)

17. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Restriction Enzymes & Recombinant DNA

18. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Gene Cloning

19. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Using mRNA to Produce cDNA

20. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Microarrays

21. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

22. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Gel Electrophoresis

23. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, AKA... RFLPs

24. TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms - SNPs