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