A New Generation Of Genes 1/8/17
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Summary:
DNA, deoxyribonucleic acids, are sets of instructions for the cell. DNA uses four letters, A,T,C and G to write blueprints for the cell. Genes are the directions to make proteins that make our bodies function. Genes are made of DNA. Chromosomes are compact units that hold genes. There are forty-six chromosomes in one cell. Each child gets twenty-three chromosomes from each parent giving them one full set. A trait is an observable characteristic. There are physical and behavioral traits, as well as predisposition to a medical condition. An allele is one of two or more forms of a trait. Homozygous means having two of the same allele of a trait while heterozygous is having on of each allele for a trait.
S&EP-Using Models:
After determining what traits the offspring of my superhero and villain would supposedly receive we had to make a drawing. This drawing had to represent the child at any age of childhood. In my case it was a boy and over half of his his traits I could portray in the drawing. Some of these traits include teal eyes and hazel hair. There were some traits that I couldn't portray in the drawing like intelligence, a jellyfish sting, and biologic immortality. Creating this image was very helpful. Working through I could see how mine superhero's child represented his mother more and you could tell because she had more dominant genes. As for my friends, some represented the father more because he had more dominant genes. Drawing out the superhero offspring was great and definitely helped me get a better understanding of this.
XCC-Cause And Effect:
Even though the DNA you receive from your parents makes you who you are other things such as what the mother does when she's expecting and what you do when growing can influence how you turn out to be. We went through many scenarios including diet, exercise, amount of sleep and more to see the result. It was our job to underline the main causes mentioned in the scenario that lead to the outcome given. After completing that task we had to flip a coin three times. If it landed on tails zero to one times the child would have the healthier option, if the coin landed on tails twice the child would be at risk of the unhealthy option and if it landed on tails three times the child would definitely have the unhealthy option. We did this for all the scenarios to determine the epigenetics of our superhero as he/she became an adult. This was a fun lesson that included cause and effect.
Multiplier: This week I was a mutant, to be more specific a learner, because I was eager to learn especially during the epigenetic's lesson.
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Summary:
DNA, deoxyribonucleic acids, are sets of instructions for the cell. DNA uses four letters, A,T,C and G to write blueprints for the cell. Genes are the directions to make proteins that make our bodies function. Genes are made of DNA. Chromosomes are compact units that hold genes. There are forty-six chromosomes in one cell. Each child gets twenty-three chromosomes from each parent giving them one full set. A trait is an observable characteristic. There are physical and behavioral traits, as well as predisposition to a medical condition. An allele is one of two or more forms of a trait. Homozygous means having two of the same allele of a trait while heterozygous is having on of each allele for a trait.
S&EP-Using Models:
After determining what traits the offspring of my superhero and villain would supposedly receive we had to make a drawing. This drawing had to represent the child at any age of childhood. In my case it was a boy and over half of his his traits I could portray in the drawing. Some of these traits include teal eyes and hazel hair. There were some traits that I couldn't portray in the drawing like intelligence, a jellyfish sting, and biologic immortality. Creating this image was very helpful. Working through I could see how mine superhero's child represented his mother more and you could tell because she had more dominant genes. As for my friends, some represented the father more because he had more dominant genes. Drawing out the superhero offspring was great and definitely helped me get a better understanding of this.
XCC-Cause And Effect:
Even though the DNA you receive from your parents makes you who you are other things such as what the mother does when she's expecting and what you do when growing can influence how you turn out to be. We went through many scenarios including diet, exercise, amount of sleep and more to see the result. It was our job to underline the main causes mentioned in the scenario that lead to the outcome given. After completing that task we had to flip a coin three times. If it landed on tails zero to one times the child would have the healthier option, if the coin landed on tails twice the child would be at risk of the unhealthy option and if it landed on tails three times the child would definitely have the unhealthy option. We did this for all the scenarios to determine the epigenetics of our superhero as he/she became an adult. This was a fun lesson that included cause and effect.
Multiplier: This week I was a mutant, to be more specific a learner, because I was eager to learn especially during the epigenetic's lesson.
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