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Rates of Reactions Assignment (Criterion B, C, D)
Unit Test (Criterion A)
Unit Test (Criterion A)
Issued:
9 February (Week 2)
28 March (Week 9)
1 June (Week 16)
Due:
9 March (Week 6)
28 March (Week 9)
1 June (Week 16)
How is our knowledge of genetics used in society?
Applications of ‘genetics’ in real life to solve global problems
Criterion D
How is DNA compacted to form a chromosome?
Overview - organisation of genetic material
Chromosomes:
Comparisons between species
Conservation of chromosome number
DNA structure:
Base pairing
Double helix
Experiment: DNA extraction
Criterion A
Criterion B
How much information is in our DNA?
Deciphering genetic material
Cracking the code
Criterion A
How accurate is DNA profiling? (Issues related to use of DNA fingerprinting as a forensic tool).
Criterion D
Why is it important to copy DNA and when does it happen?
Replication - making more DNA
Mutations
Criterion A
How does sexual reproduction result in offspring with gene combinations that vary from those of their parents?
How does this genetic variation impact members of a population? (survival advantage)
Cellular division :
Mitosis, meiosis
Experiment:
Mitosis in onion root tip
Criterion A
Criterion B
Criterion C
Can you edit DNA? What is the significance of this?
Protein Synthesis:
Transcription
Translation
Criterion A
Why do offspring resemble their parents?
Genetics and Heredity:
Biological inheritance
Mendelian inheritance:
Monohybrid cross, Punnett square
Non-Mendelian inheritance
Criterion A
How are organisms of the same kind different from each other and how does this help them survive?
Can genetic testing be used to predict who may develop a specific (health) condition?
Variation
Pedigrees:
Analysing pedigrees.
Criterion A
Can applying AI to human genomics improve health care?
Genetic diseases (research task)
Genetic engineering
Criterion D
Why are humans so similar to some other animals?
Where does all the biodiversity on Earth come from?
Diversity of life
Evolution
Natural selection
Criterion A
Criterion B
Criterion C
How do organisms change over time?
What happened to all the animals in the fossil record?
Experiments:
Signs in skeletons
Hand, foot adaptations
Criterion A
Criterion C