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Genetics - Coggle Diagram
Genetics
Definitions
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protein-a macromolecule that is essential to all living things. Proteins are composed of amino acids.
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mutation-a change in a gene that could be beneficial, neutral, or negative for the organism. This mutation can be passed onto offspring.
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Communicate information about artificial selection / the ways humans have changed the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
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Develop and use a model to describe that structural changes to genes (mutations) may or may not result in changes to proteins, and if there are changes to proteins there may be harmful, beneficial, or neutral changes to traits.
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Develop and use a model to show that sexually reproducing organisms have two of each chromosome in their cell nuclei, and hence two variants (alleles) of each gene that can be the same or different from each other, with one random assortment of each chromosome passed down to offspring from both parents.
-Robot Poster
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we simulated the passing down of genes and the chances of mutations and inheritance with the robot poster. We also simulated mutations.
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Punnet Square
We used Punnet squares to help determine the sex and color-blindness of the offspring in this simulation.
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Construct an argument based on evidence for how asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. Compare and contrast advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Communicate through writing and in diagrams that chromosomes contain many distinct genes and that each gene holds the instructions for the production of specific proteins, which in turn affects the traits of an individual.
-Encyclopedia Analogy
mutations- In this analogy, a mutation occurs if someone disrupts the encyclopedia by doing something like ripping a paper, or rearranging some of the pages.
chromosomes- in this analogy, a chromosome is like an article inside the encyclopedia.
genes- in this analogy, genes are like the sentences inside of the articles. They contain the specific information about a topic, or trait.
Construct an argument based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
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use a model to describe the process of natural selection, in which genetic variations of some traits in a population increase some individuals' likelihood of surviving and reproducing in a changing environment. Provide evidence that natural selection occurs over many generations.
