1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Understanding variation in organisms 2. Understanding the causes of variation 3. Being respectful towards one another despite variation VARIATION…

1. GENETIC DISORDERS 2. DISEASES• GENETIC • ENVIRONMENTAL • BOTH 3. MUTATIONS • PERMANENT change in DNA • GENE MUTATION: (may, and often, result in a single base…

Slide 1 RNA Ribonucleic Acid Slide 2 Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)  RNA is much more abundant than DNA  There are several important differences between RNA and DNA: - the…

Definition of mutation Changes in the genetic material. Mutations are not always a bad thing. Gene Mutations Chromosome Gene Remember Translation? What is this? What does…

Slide 1 GENETIC DISORDERS Slide 2 Marfan syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Familial hypercholesterolemia. Alkaptonuria Turnes syndrome Neurofibromatosis Slide 3 DISEASES GENETIC…