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This is a representative list of topics covered in Genetics - however all programs will be customized for the individual student. |
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 High School
- Meiosis
- Random chromosome segregation
- Fertilization
- DNA sequence
- Role of chromosomes in determining an individual's sex
- Possible combinations of alleles in a zygote from the genetic makeup of the parents
- Probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross from the genotypes of the parents Mode of inheritance (autosomal or X-linked, dominant or recessive)
- Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment
- Mode of inheritance from a pedigree diagram showing phenotypes
- Estimating genetic distances between loci, and to interpret genetic maps of chromosomes
- Using tRNAs to translate genetic information in mRNA
- Genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids
- Mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene - effects
- Specialization of cells in multicellular organisms
- Proteins - number and sequence of amino acids, different shapes and chemical properties
- General structures and functions of DNA, RNA, and protein
- Base-pairing rules to explain precise copying of DNA during semi-conservative replication
- Transcription of information from DNA into mRNA
- Genetic engineering (biotechnology) - production of novel biomedical and agricultural products
- Basic DNA technology to construct recombinant DNA molecules
- Exogenous DNA inserted into bacterial cells
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