Project Outline
I. DESCRIBE the trait and its heritability pattern.
II. EXPLAIN the role of DNA in causing you to have this trait.
A. From where did you get the DNA?
1. Describe the production of gametes from which you developed.
2. How does the DNA copy itself so that all of your cells have the same DNA sequences?
3. All cells in your body do not exhibit all of the traits you have, yet they all have the same DNA. Explain this.
B. HOW does the DNA cause the trait? (What does DNA tell the cell to do?)
1. How does the DNA send the instructions out into the cell?
2. Describe the process of protein synthesis.
III. PREDICT whether your child will have this trait.
A. How much of your genetic material is passed on to your child?
B. How could you pass on to your child a trait that you do not have?
IV. DESCRIBE the consequences of a change in your DNA.
A. How could a change in DNA happen?
B. What kind of change in DNA would affect you?
C. What kind of change in DNA would affect your child?
II. EXPLAIN the role of DNA in causing you to have this trait.
A. From where did you get the DNA?
1. Describe the production of gametes from which you developed.
2. How does the DNA copy itself so that all of your cells have the same DNA sequences?
3. All cells in your body do not exhibit all of the traits you have, yet they all have the same DNA. Explain this.
B. HOW does the DNA cause the trait? (What does DNA tell the cell to do?)
1. How does the DNA send the instructions out into the cell?
2. Describe the process of protein synthesis.
III. PREDICT whether your child will have this trait.
A. How much of your genetic material is passed on to your child?
B. How could you pass on to your child a trait that you do not have?
IV. DESCRIBE the consequences of a change in your DNA.
A. How could a change in DNA happen?
B. What kind of change in DNA would affect you?
C. What kind of change in DNA would affect your child?