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Life Science (Unit 3)
Content Standard: The characteristics of an organism are a result of
inherited traits received from parent(s).
Essential questions:
____ How are traits passed from one generation to the next?
____ What is DNA?
____ What are alleles?
____ What are Mendel's two laws of genetics?
____ What are dominant and recessive genes?
____ What are codominant traits?
____What are phenotypes and genotypes?
____ How can pedigree analysis show how dominant and recessive traits are
passed?
Learning targets ("I can" statements)
____ Describe how traits are passed down through generations via DNA.
____ Give examples of codominate traits.
____ Discuss Mendel's two laws of genetics.
____ Explain and give examples of dominant and recessive genes.
____ Explain and give examples of penotypes and genotypes.
____ Demostrate how traits are passed in a pedigree analysis.
Vocabulary:
____Chromosomes
____Alleles
____Genes
____Dominant
____Recessive
____Traits
____Genotype
____Phenotype
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