La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXIII-2305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXXIII-2305 - Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

A. Formulate, refine, and evaluate questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.

B. Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from:

1. new genetic combinations through meiosis;

2. viable errors occurring during replication; and/or

3. mutations caused by environmental factors.

C. Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXIII-2305

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 431343 (7/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6, R.S. 17:24.4, and R.S. 17:154.