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UNIT 1 - DNA and the Genome Higher Biology - Coggle Diagram
UNIT 1 - DNA and the Genome
Higher Biology
KEY AREA 7 -
a. What is evolution?
b. Gene transfer: vertical and horizontal inheritance
c. Selection: Natural selection (stabilising, disruptive, directional)
d. Speciation
KEY AREA 8 - Genomic sequencing
a. What is genomic sequencing?
b. Phylogenetics and molecular clocks
c. Comparison of genomes from different species.
d. Personal genomics and health- Pharmacogenetics
KEY AREA 2 - Replication of DNA
a. Replication of DNA by DNA polymerase and primer.
b. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
KEY AREA 1 - The structure of DNA
a. Structure of DNA
b. organisation of DNA
KEY AREA 5 - Structure of the genome
KEY AREA 6 - Mutations
a. What are mutations?
b. Single gene mutations
c. Chromosome structure mutations
d. Importance of duplication in evolution.
KEY ARE 3 - Control of gene expression
a. Phenotype
b. Structure and functions of RNA
c. Transcription
d. Translation
e. One gene, many proteins
f. 3D structure of proteins
KEY AREA 4 - Cellular differentiation
a. What is cellular differentiation?
b. Embryonic and tissue (adult) stem cells