See Exam II - Ground Rules for issues regarding how the exam is conducted and what is due when.

Questions for the exam will taken (with some modification) from the various Problem Sets, Study Questions, investigations, and companions covered since the beginning of the semester. The following are fair game:

Problem Sets and Exams

• Exam I: (nature of the course & how to find articles)
• Problem Set 1: Strategies of Life & Protein
• Problem Set 2: Protein
• Problem Set 3: DNA Structure
• Problem Set 4: DNA Replication (Round 2 only)

Study Questions from notes for:

• Strategies of Life
• Wrinch companion
• Protein
• Sanger & Tuppy (1951) companion (plus notes on paper chromatography)
• Perutz et al (1965) companion
• DNA structure (plus notes on diffraction)
• DNA replication (Round 2 only)
• Meselson & Stahl (1958) companion (Round 2 only)

Investigations

• What is a Gene? and companion
• Exercise on results vs conclusion and similar
• Build your own DNA
• Your research proposal

...and that's it! If you can solve these problems and answer the questions, you should be able to do the same readily on the exam.

For more, see Course at a Glance, Objectives and Strategies, Integrative Exams.