Syllabus

Birth of Plant Genetics

• Mendel's Seminal Work in Plant Hybridization http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/germplas/pisum/zgs4f.htm
  
  
• Controversies About Mendel's Work
  
  

Meiosis, Recombination and Segregation

• Meiosis
• Recombination
• Segregation

Chromosome and Genome Overview

• Techniques, markers and terminologies
• Chromosome and Genome Overview

  Reference Papers

Linkage

• Linkage Detection
• Linkage Estimation

Mapping/Genomics

• Developing Genetic Maps
• Developing Molecular Maps
• Lession from Comparative Mapping

  Reference Papers

Male Sterility

Self-incompatibility

• Classification
• Gametophytic System
• Sporophytic System
• Evolution

  Reference Papers

Evolution of Polyploids

Reference Papers