Information Storage and Transfer · Genetics & Heredity
Cell Cycle and Cancer
Analyzes the stages of mitosis and the regulatory checkpoints that prevent uncontrolled cell growth.
Key Questions
- 1How do cells decide when it is time to divide and when it is time to stop?
- 2What occurs at the molecular level when a cell loses its ability to regulate its own growth?
- 3How are modern cancer treatments designed to target specific phases of the cell cycle?
Common Core State Standards
HS-LS1-4
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Information Storage and Transfer
Period: Genetics & Heredity
Suggested Methodologies
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