Unit 5: Heredity

BIG IDEA 1- Evolution- How is our understanding of evolution influenced by our knowledge of genetics?
BIG IDEA 3- Information Storage and Transmission- Why is it important that not all inherited characteristics get expressed in the next generation?
How might Mendel’s laws have been affected if he had studied a different type of plant?
BIG IDEA 4 Systems Interactions-How does the diversity of a species affect inheritance?

5.1.A-Explain how meiosis results in the transmission of chromosomes from one generation to the next.
5.1.B-Describe similarities and differences between the phases and outcomes of mitosis and meiosis.
5.2.A-Explain how the process of meiosis generates genetic diversity.
5.3.A-Explain the inheritance of genes and traits as described by Mendel’s laws.
5.4.A- Explain deviations from Mendel’s model of the inheritance of traits.
5.5.A- Explain how the same genotype can result in multiple phenotypes under different environmental conditions.

Meiosis 1.B- Explain biological concepts and processes.

Meiosis and Genetic Diversity3.A- Identify or pose a testable question based on an observation, data, or a model.

Mendelian Genetics 5.C- Perform chi-square hypothesis testing.

6.E-Predict the causes or effects of a change in, or disruption to, one or more components in a biological system.

5.4 Non-Mendelian Genetics 5.A- Perform mathematical calculations, including: i. mathematical equations in the curriculum ii. means iii. rates iv. ratios v. percentages and percent changes

5.C- Perform chi-square hypothesis testing

5.5 Environmental Effects on Phenotype 1.C-Explain biological concepts and processes in applied contexts.