Home Page - NPS Standards Pacing App

School Year:

2024-2025

Students should be able to relate the expression of a phenotype to a given genotype; predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of non-Mendelian traits.
Use a Punnett square to predict all possible combinations of gametes and the likelihood that a given combination will occur in monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
Identify sources of genetic diversity and explain how it can be an advantage for populations; apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.
Describe in general terms the stages of meiosis and explain the processes occurring at each stage; differentiate these from the end products of mitosis.
Explain why meiosis is important for sexual reproduction; compare the process of mitosis and meiosis and determine which conditions are necessary for each process to occur.
Make and defend a claim based on evidence from scientific literature that inheritable genetic variations may result from new genetic combinations through meiosis, viable errors occurring during replication, environmental factors.

Return