Essential Questions:  

1.  Are lower life forms such as bacteria actually superior to humans in survivability?  

2.  Would the human race benefit by cloning its most athletic and brightest individuals?
 

Can I answer the following: 

1.  Define gene.

2.  Explain why asexual reproduction results in identical offspring or clones.

3.  Define a genetic mutation.

4.  Predict the effect of a beneficial genetic mutation in an asexually reproducing population.

5.  Predict the effect of a lethal genetic mutation in an asexually reproducing population

6.  Explain why sexual reproduction results in offspring that have a combination of genes.

7.  Compare genotype with phenotype.

8.  Define allele, dominant allele, recessive allele, homozygous, and heterozygous.

9.  Predict the effect of a beneficial genetic mutation in a sexually reproducing population.

10.  Predict the effect of a lethal genetic mutation in a sexually reproducing population.

The following attachments are used in class and can be printed off or viewed for extra practice or enrichment:

Adapting to the World Anticipation Guide                              Probability of Inheritance

Study Guide                                                                            Monster Genetics

Genotype/Phenotype Practice
 
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