Thursday, December 12, 2013

More Info For the Test

-Review (study) visual terms #3-5
-Practice Punnett Square problems (know the difference between heterozygous and
homozygous, and how to find the percentages for phenotypes and genotypes.
-Know the cell cycle including mitosis (be able to identify pictures of each stage)
-Chromosomes (how many in body cells, sex cells, where they are, what they are made of
etc..)
-Genes (dominant vs. recessive, codominance)
-Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
-DNA (structure...what pairs with what, official name)
-How sex cells are formed (meiosis).
-What is cell differentiation?
-What is a mutation? Addition? Substitution? Deletion?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

See below for study topics for test!!

Last Test of Quarter 2!!

Test Date is Monday 12/16 for A block, or Tuesday 12/17 for B block.

These are the topics that will be covered:

Cell Cycle-Textbook pg 129-136
Cell Differentiation--Textbook pg138-141
Genetics (Punnett Squares, etc)--Textbook pg 154-167
Meiosis--Textbook pgs 170-174
Mutations--Textbook pgs 180-181


**IF YOU WILL BE ABSENT, please plan to take the test THIS FRIDAY during lunch.