GENETICS
Al-NASR International School
Lesson Design & Prepared by ShahRukh Younas
UNIT 4 LESSON 11
GREGOR MENDEL
Al-NASR International School
Lesson Design & Prepared by ShahRukh Younas
UNIT 4 LESSON 11
Introduction to Genetics.
Genetics is the study of how
living things receive common
traits from previous
generations. These traits are
described by the genetic
information carried by a
molecule called DNA. The
instructions for constructing
and operating an organism are
contained in the organism's
DNA.
Al-NASR International School
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UNIT 4 LESSON 11
DNA
DNA is the hereditary material in
humans and almost all other
organisms. Nearly every cell in a
person’s body has the same DNA.
Most DNA is located in the cell
nucleus where it is called nuclear
DNA.
The information in DNA is stored as a
code made up of four chemical bases,
Adenine (A)
Guanine (G)
Cytosine (C)
Thymine (T)
An important property of DNA is that it
can replicate, or make copies of itself.
Al-NASR International School
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UNIT 4 LESSON 11
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Ribonucleic acid, or RNA is one
of the three major biological
macromolecules that are
essential for all known forms of
life (along with DNA and
proteins). A central tenet of
molecular biology states that
the flow of genetic information
in a cell is from DNA through
RNA to proteins:
“DNA makes RNA makes
protein”.
Al-NASR International School
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UNIT 4 LESSON 11
Human Heredity
Heredity, the sum of all
biological processes by which
particular characteristics are
transmitted from parents to
their offspring. Human
genetics, study of the
inheritance of characteristics by
children from parents.
Inheritance in humans does not
differ in any fundamental way
from that in other organisms.
Hereditary information is
contained in genes, which are
carried on chromosomes.
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UNIT 4 LESSON 11
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering refers to
the direct manipulation of DNA
to alter an in a particular way.
Genetic engineering is used by
scientists to enhance or modify
the characteristics of an
individual organism.
It can be applied to any
organism, from a virus to a
sheep. For example, genetic
engineering can be used to
produce plants that have a
higher nutritional value or can
tolerate exposure to herbicides.
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