natural selection. Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes. Essential Chapters/sections Illustrative knowledge examples covered 3.a.1 DNA and 17.3 - Addition of a in some poly-A tail RNA, is the - Addition of a GTP primary source 16.1, 16.2 cap of heritable 17.1 17.4 - Excision of – information. 19.2 introns 20.1, 20.2 - Enzymatic reactions - Transport by proteins - Synthesis and degradation - Electrophoresis - Plasmid-based transformations - Restriction enzyme analysis of DNA - PCR - Genetically modified foods - Transgenic animals, cloned animals - Pharmaceuticals such as Humulin 3.a.2 In 12.1 12.3 - – eukaryotes, factor heritable (MPF) information is - Platelet-derived passed to the growth factor next (PDGF) generation via 13.1 13.3 - Cancer results – processes that from disruptions include the cell in cell cycle cycle and control mitosis, or - Meiosis and meiosis plus sexual life cycles fertilization. 3.a.3 The 14.1 14.4 - Sickle cell anemia – chromosomal 15.1 15.4 - Tay-Sachs – basis of disease inheritance - Huntington’s provides an disease understanding - X-linked traits of the pattern 20.4 - Klinefelter’s of passage syndrome (transmission) of genes from
natural selection. Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes. Essential knowledge Chapters/sections Illustrative examples covered 3.a.1 DNA and in some RNA, is the primary source of heritable information. 17.3 16.1, 16.2 17.1 – 17.4 19.2 20.1, 20.2 - Addition of a poly-A tail - Addition of a GTP cap - Excision of introns - Enzymatic reactions - Transport by proteins - Synthesis and degradation - Electrophoresis - Plasmid-based transformations - Restriction enzyme analysis of DNA - PCR - Genetically modified foods - Transgenic animals, cloned animals - Pharmaceuticals such as Humulin 3.a.2 In eukaryotes, heritable information is passed to the next generation via processes that include the cell cycle and mitosis, or meiosis plus fertilization. 12.1 – 12.3 13.1 – 13.3 - factor (MPF) - Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) - Cancer results from disruptions in cell cycle control - Meiosis and sexual life cycles 3.a.3 The chromosomal basis of inheritance provides an understanding of the pattern of passage (transmission) of genes from 14.1 – 14.4 15.1 – 15.4 20.4 - Sickle cell anemia - Tay-Sachs disease - Huntington’s disease - X-linked traits - Klinefelter’s syndrome
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