Biology

//**__Biology Standards:__**// SB2. Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
 * Please read all items pretaining to all biology students that are not classified as being a part of the honors class.**

a. Distinguish between DNA and RNA.

b. Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information.

c. Using Mendel’s laws, explain the role of meiosis in reproductive variability.

d. Describe the relationships between changes in DNA and potential appearance of new

traits including

Alterations during replication.

Insertions

Deletions

Substitutions

Mutagenic factors that can alter DNA.

High energy radiation (x-rays and ultraviolet)

Chemical

e. Compare the advantages of sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction in different

situations.

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1. Access and view the following from the biology homework section of our wikispace: a. Mitosis b. Meiosis c. Monohybrid cross