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• 1/20/2000 - Using conditional mutations to determine the order that gene products function in a pathway

• 1/25/2000 - Distinguishing mutation vs adaptation

• 2/1/2000 - Selecting for a suppressor mutation

• 2/3/2000 - Suppressors of a sdh mutant

• 2/8/2000 - Crossfeeding tests to determine order of genes in a pathway

• 2/8/2000 - Some review questions for Exam 1 (answers can be found on posted versions of Exam 1 from previous years)

• 2/29/2000 - Suicide plasmid

• 3/21/2000 - One-step growth curve

• 4/6/2000 - Restriction of phage DNA

• 4/11/2000 - RE systems

• 4/13/2000 - Regulation of transposition

• 4/18/2000 - Linked Tn10 insertions

• 4/22/2000 - Operon vs gene fusions

• 4/25/2000 - Segregration