Unit 9: Genetics
ESSENTIAL IDEA:
Organisms reproduce, and pass on heritable traits to their offspring.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
UNDERSTANDINGS / APPLICATIONS / SKILLS / NATURE OF SCIENCE:
Organisms reproduce, and pass on heritable traits to their offspring.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- What is the central dogma of biology?
- What is DNA and where is it found?
- What is the basic structure and function of DNA?
- How does DNA define human individual?
- What is RNA and how does it compare to DNA?
- How does DNA account for phenotype?
- How did Mendel’s work lay the foundation of modern genetics?
- What are the principal patterns of inheritance?
UNDERSTANDINGS / APPLICATIONS / SKILLS / NATURE OF SCIENCE:
- 9.U1: The instructions for forming species’ characteristics are carried in DNA.
- 9.U2: Genes and chromosomes determine the expressions of inherited traits.
- 9.U3: Different forms of genes are called alleles.
- 9.S1: Variation is chromosome combination can result in different phenotypes that can be predicted with simple probability problems.
- 9.S2: A pedigree is a diagram that depicts the biological relationships between an organism and its ancestors.
- 9.A1: The X chromosome carries some important genetic information that has no corresponding allele on the Y chromosome.
- 9.A2: The human blood group gene is an example of some traits having genes with more than two alleles.
- 9.NOS: The work of Gregor Mendel describes the basis by which traits, coded for by genetic information, are passed from one generation to the next.
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