Slide 1Natural Selection – Part 3 OnlineHS: Biology A Slide 2 The Galapagos Islands The Galapagos islands were pushed up from the floor of the Pacific Ocean as volcanoes…

Slide 1 APPLIED GENETICS Slide 2 ◦USING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GENES TO CREATE CHANGES IN THE DNA OF ORGANISMS ◦THERE ARE THREE AREAS OF UNDERSTANDING  MUTATIONS …

Slide 1 TAKS review: DNA Slide 2 Obj. 2 TEK 6 (A) describe components of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and illustrate how information for specifying the traits of an organism…

Slide 1 Ch 18 Review Why? Oh, why? Bonus questions are worth more….but wrong answers will cost you! With no risk, you get no reward. Slide 2 Linnaeus classified organisms…

Slide 1 Code of Life Topic 5 Genetic analyses & Genetic engineering Slide 2 (An incomplete) timeline of genetics 1944 Avery 1952 1958 1968 19531972 1973 1975-77 1983…

The History of Life Evolution = change over time Evolution Individuals do NOT evolve! Populations evolve. Evolution occurs at conception, when new combinations of DNA are…

Slide 1 UNIT 2 The variety of living organisms Topics to cover Classification Evidence of relationships between organisms Adaptation and selection Biodiversity Exchange and…

Daily TAKS Connection: DNA BIO(6): The student knows that the structures and functions of nucleic acids in the mechanisms of genetics. The student is expected to: (A) Describe…

Agenda Agenda for Today 7:45-8:30- Interactive Obj. 1, 2, and 3 on DyKnow 8:30-8:45: WhiteBoards/Restroom Breaks 8:45-9:30- Interactive Obj. 1, 2, and 3 on DyKnow 9:30-9:45:…

Evidence For Evolution Evidence For Evolution Comparative Anatomy Comparative Anatomy is used to determine the relationship between organisms with similar structures. There…