Cell Division & Genetics
1. What kinds of problems does growth cause for cells? How does cell division help a cell solve these problems? (SC.912.L.16.14)
2. Describe what happens during the four phases of mitosis. (SC.912.L.16.14)
3. Describe how cancer cells are different from other cells. Based on these differences, explain why cancer has been such a difficult condition to cure. (SC.912.L.16.8)
4. You wish to determine whether a tall pea plant is homozygous or heterozygous for tallness. What cross should you perform to arrive at your answer? Explain your choice of cross. (SC.912.L.16.1)
5. Explain the difference between complete dominance, incomplete dominance and codominance. (SC.912.L.16.1, SC.912.L.16.2)
6. Describe the structure of a DNA molecule. (SC.912.L.16.3)
7. Contrast the functions of the three main types of RNA. (SC.912.L.16.5)
8. Mendel might have been surprised to learn that genes simply contain the instructions for assembling proteins. What do proteins have to do with the phenotype of an organism? (SC.912.L.16.5)
9. Why do some kinds of point mutations cause greater changes in proteins than others? (SC.912.L.16.4)
10. Explain why the father of a girl who is colorblind must also be colorblind. Compare the inheritance in men and women of a trait coded for by a recessive allele on the Y chromosome. (SC.912.L.16.1, SC.912.L.16.2)
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