Unit Overview
Unit Objectives
CED Topic 6.1: DNA and RNA Structure
- Describe the structures involved in passing hereditary information from one generation to the next.
- Describe the characteristics of DNA that allow it to be used as the hereditary material.
- Describe the mechanisms by which genetic information is copied for transmission between generations.
- Describe the mechanisms by which genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.
- Explain how the phenotype of an organism is determined by its genotype.
- Explain how the binding of transcription factors to promoter regions affects gene expression and/or the phenotype of the organism.
- Explain the connection between the regulation of gene expression and phenotypic differences in cells and organisms.
- Describe the various types of mutation.
- Explain how changes in genotype may result in changes in genotype.
- Explain how alterations in DNA sequences contribute to variation that can be subject to natural selection.
- Explain the use of genetic engineering techniques in analyzing or manipulating DNA.
Unit Structure
Theme #16: Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Part 1: DNA Experiments
- Part 2: Principles of DNA Replication
- Part 1: Transcription
- Part 2: Translation
- Part 1: Bacterial Gene Regulation
- Part 2: Eukaryotic Gene Regulation I
- Part 3: Eukaryotic Gene Regulation II
- Part 1: Virus
- Part 1: Biotechnology I
- Part 2: Biotechnology II
- Part 1: Genomes I
- Part 2: Genomes II