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Genetics and Heredity

7th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

MS-LS3-1 | Genetics and Heredity - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• MS-LS1-5 — Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
• MS-LS3-1 — Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful,
• MS-LS3-2 — Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results i
• MS-LS4-5 — Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.

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