Genetics

Unit Name: Pass it On

Key Concepts: Relationships

Related Concepts: Patterns, Transformation

Global Context: Identities and Relationships: (Physical, psychological and social development)

Statement of Inquiry: Patterns occur through transfer of genetic material and lead to interconnectedness between generations.

Factual Question:

What is heredity and variation?

What is continuous and discontinuous variation?

What are alleles?

What are dominant and recessive alleles?

What are genotypes and phenotypes?

Conceptual Question:

How can an offspring's characteristics be predicted using the genotype of the parents?

Debatable Question: To what extent is it ethical to give birth to savior babies? Is it ethical to discard an embryo after screening for diseases?

Genetics: Publications