Essential Questions: How and why are brothers and sisters different from one another? Why are some twins identical and others not?
Unit Overview: In this unit we continue to explore the structure and function of DNA. Students will explore how sex cells are produced and how the cell processes lead to genetic diversity. Students will apply statistics and probability to understand the likelihood of certain traits being passed from one generation to the next. Punch Card and Quizzes
Unit 3 Heredity Labs
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Genetic Disorders and Gene Technology
Genetic Disorders
Single Gene Disorders
http://www.yourgenesyourhealth.org/
Conservation Genetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/conservation/
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/research/expertise/ecology-biodiversity/helping-to-save-the-rhino
Epigenetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/how-exercise-changes-fat-and-muscle-cells/
GMO in Agriculture
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/gmfoods/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/519791/genetically-modified-bacteria-produce-50-percent-more-fuel/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/03/07/173611461/in-a-grain-of-golden-rice-a-world-of-controversy-over-gmo-foods
Newborn Genetic Screening
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/screening/
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/breakthroughs-in-prenatal-screening/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/health/ethics-questions-arise-as-genetic-testing-of-embryos-increases.html
Farming for Pharmaceuticals
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/science/pharming/
https://www.dnalc.org/view/15928-How-insulin-is-made-using-bacteria.html
http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=6035
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CuttingEdge/spinning-tough-spider-silk-goat-milk/story?id=98095
Person Gene Testing
https://www.23andme.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/science/i-had-my-dna-picture-taken-with-varying-results.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/us/with-dna-testing-adoptees-find-a-way-to-connect-with-family.html
Pharmacogenomics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/pharma/
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/center-for-individualized-medicine/personalized-medicine.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGjG_9EEeeA