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AP Biology Syllabus November 2011
Topics and
Dates Ch. Pages Major Concepts
11/111/7
11/811/10
11/1411/16
11/1711/18
Meiosis
13
248-259
Homework
Discuss the significance of independent assortment in
meiosis.
Labs and
Activities
AP® Lab: Meiosis
TEST: Chapters 11-13
14
15
16
262-275
Mendelian genetics
-Mendelian laws
-Environmental
roles
-Human genetics
Discuss Mendel's laws of segregation and
independent assortment. Explain how the events of
meiosis I account for the observations that led Mendel
to formulate these laws.
AP® Lab #7 Drosophila
genetics
Discuss how the following deviate from Mendel’s
laws and give a biological example: incomplete
dominance, codominance, pleiotropy, polygenic
inheritance, and epistasis.
286-298
305-322
Chromosomal
inheritance
-Gene chromosome
Theory
-Linkage
-Chromosomal
alterations
Differentiate between the laws of segregation and
independent assortment
AP® Lab #7 Drosophila
genetics continued
Complete questions 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11 on p. 291292
TEST Chapters 14-15
DNA
-Search for the
genetic material
-DNA structure
-DNA replication
Discuss ONE experiment that proved DNA was the
genetic material.
Describe each type of chromosomal alteration
Describe the structure of DNA
Explain how DNA replicates itself. Be sure to
include specific enzymes.
Finish lab #7
AP® Lab #7 Drosophila
genetics continued
Building DNA from
model kits
Topics and
Dates Ch. Pages Major Concepts
Protein synthesis
-Transcription
-RNA processing
-Translation
-Mutations
11/2111/29
17
325-348
Homework
Labs and
Activities
Define each of the three major stages in protein
synthesis.
Lab: Building model of
protein synthesis
Compare and contrast protein synthesis in prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells. Add to your overall list of
differences.
TEST: Chapters 16-17
Explain how DNA is transcribed to form RNA. Be
sure to include a description of RNA processing.
Explain how the mRNA is translated to create a
protein.