Major Topics in this Unit: 

• Protein Synthesis- Transcription

• Protein Synthesis- Translation

• Mutations

Essential Questions:

1. How are genes expressed?

2. How and why does the cell replicate its DNA?

3. What kind of errors can occur during DNA replication?

4. How does the cell create proteins?

5. How can mutations that occur during DNA replication effect proteins and gene expression?

6. How does the structure of DNA relate to the semi-conservative nature of DNA replication?

7. How does the order of DNA nucleotides relate to protein structure and function?

8. How did early experiments lead to the discovery as DNA as the hereditary material?