Biology I Honors

Genetics Unit

Sections (page numbers)/vocabulary

9-1 Genetics (165-169)/allele, dominant, genetics, heredity, law of independent assortment, law of segregation, recessive

9-2 Genetic Crosses (172-178)/codominance, dihybrid cross, genotype, heterozygous, homozygous, incomplete dominance, monohybrid cross, phenotype, Punnett square

10-1 DNA (185-189)/adenine, cytosine, deoxyribose, DNA polymerase, double helix, guanine, helicase, mutation, purine, pyrimidine, replication, thymine

10-2 RNA (190-192)/messenger RNA (mRNA), ribose, ribosomal RNA (rRNA), RNA polymerase, transcription, transfer RNA (tRNA), uracil

10-3 Protein Synthesis (193-196)/anticodon, codon, protein synthesis, translation

12-1 Chromosomes and Inheritance (221-226)/chromosome map, deletion, frame shift mutation, inversion, nondisjunction, point mutation, sex linkage, substitution, translocation

12-2 Human Genetics (227-232)/carrier, monosomy, pedigree, polygenic trait, trisomy

13-2 DNA Technology Techniques (243-248)/DNA fingerprint, gel electrophoresis, Human Genome Project, polymerase chain reaction

Unit Project – Genetic Disorder Research

Unit Test – Thursday, February 28

Semester Project - DNA Day Essay (http://www.genednet.org/pages/k12_dnaday08.shtml)

 Rough Draft due Wednesday, February 27/Final Essay due Wednesday, March 5

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