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Georgia standard · Science

SB3Heredity and Trait Transmission

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.

Appears in: Science, High School

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Expectations

  • SB3.a

    Use Mendel's laws (segregation and independent assortment) to ask questions and define problems that explain the role of meiosis in reproductive variability.

  • SB3.b

    Use mathematical models to predict and explain patterns of inheritance.

  • SB3.c

    Construct an argument to support a claim about the relative advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.

Georgia Milestones coverage

  • Biology (EOC) · Cellular Genetics & Heredity

    Cellular Genetics & Heredity

    about 24% of the test · 11 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.