BIOL 111 Lecture Notes - Peptide, Frameshift Mutation, Neuron
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10. 1 how genes work: dna rna protein: differentiate between phenotype and genotype, explain how the information in dna is transformed into something we can observe. Given a dna sequence, you will be able to write out what it is transcribed into as an mrna and then, with a codon table, write out the resulting amino acid sequence. As well, with examples you will be able to describe how the presence of a translated protein could result in some observable characteristic (called a phenotype). Majority of phenotype is also determined by both genetics and environment (example: skin color) See animation here www. youtube. com/watch?v=6dmlde9akbk or another animation in the course vista wk10. Before class describe 3 things about yourself, such as eye colour, hairy toes, dimples, or the ability to touch your knee with your chin without bending your legs, etc. Then consider whether you think these characteristics are controlled by your genes or by the environment (outside influences) or both.