Molecular+Genetics

Molecular Genetics


 * Objective: || explain classical genetics at the molecular level ||


 * Focusing Questions: || # What regulates the transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next?
 * 1) How is DNA responsible for the production of proteins? How has knowledge of the molecular nature of genes and
 * 2) DNA led to new biotechnologies and the treatment of genetic disorders? ||

molecule, including the work of Franklin and Watson and Crick || molecules in chromosomes and how the DNA molecules replicate themselves || RNA molecules and is finally translated into sequences of amino acids in proteins || and how ligases reassemble them || their genomes || or provides a source of genetic variability || chloroplast give evidence for the relationships among organisms of different species. ||
 * 30–C3.1k || summarize the historical events that led to the discovery of the structure of the DNA
 * 30–C3.2k || describe, in general, how genetic information is contained in the sequence of bases in DNA
 * 30–C3.3k || describe, in general, how genetic information is transcribed into sequences of bases in
 * 30–C3.4k || explain, in general, how restriction enzymes cut DNA molecules into smaller fragments
 * 30–C3.5k || explain, in general, how cells may be transformed by inserting new DNA sequences into
 * 30–C3.6k || explain how a random change (mutation) in the sequence of bases results in abnormalities
 * 30–C3.7k || explain how base sequences in nucleic acids contained in the nucleus, mitochondrion and

Learning Resources: Students will work cooperatively in groups to find exemplary resources for each of the outcomes listed above.

Learning Activities:
 * 1) Students will produce a comprehensive visual explaining in detail each of the processes outlined in the outcomes above, present it to class and improve the visual based on class feedback.
 * 2) Text questions and questions from assignment booklet.
 * 3) Project (described in class)