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Transmission of Heritable Information

Virginia SOL GEN.4

Investigate how heritable information is transmitted and contributes to genetic diversity.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Develop and use a model to explain how processes during sexual reproduction (crossing over, independent assortment, and random gamete combinations) increase genetic diversity.
  • Use models to identify abnormalities in chromosome number and/or structure and hypothesize what meiotic events would result in those changes.
  • Develop and use a model to explain how nondisjunction can affect chromosome number in gametes.
  • Compare sources of diversity in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about causes of inheritable genetic variations, including genetic disorders.