Information Storage and Transfer · Genetics & Heredity

Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression

Traces the path from gene to protein through transcription and translation and explores how cells differentiate.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can every cell in an organism have the same DNA but perform vastly different functions?
  2. 2What are the consequences of a single nucleotide mutation on the final structure of a protein?
  3. 3In what ways can environmental factors turn specific genes on or off?

Common Core State Standards

HS-LS1-1
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Information Storage and Transfer
Period: Genetics & Heredity

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