GeneticsStatement of Inquiry: Genetic variability is complex and can depend on multiple interacting factors. Genes and traits are passed down to offspring.
Break it down... Genetic Variability- differences in genes and DNA (everyone looks different!) Complex -difficult Multiple interacting factors-many different things REWORDED--->differences in traits are based on many different factors
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See Some Examples
Meiosis- Step by Step Help http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/meiosis.html
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Help with Meiosis that we watched in class. |
I think we liked the Meiosis Amoeba Sisters, so here is the one for Mitosis. |
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Nature vs. Nurture Debate
Your physical features can be identified as identical to that of your parents, like your eyes from your father, and the hair color from your mother. However, your personality and talents may have come not from your father or mother. The environment where you grew up may have a lasting effect or influence on that way you talk, behave and respond to the things around you.
Reading a Pedigree
The record of a trait being passed down from generation to generation.