Genetics

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand the structure of nucleic acids

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Describe and represent the arrangement of nucleotides to form RNA and DNA.

  • 1.2.

    Distinguish between DNA and RNA in terms of molecular components.

2.

Understand the role of nucleic acids in protein synthesis.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Describe in depth the process of protein synthesis from DNA code to the assembly of amino acids.

  • 2.2.

    Detail the structure and function of messenger RNA and transfer RNA.

3.

Understand the role of genes in the mechanism of inheritance.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Work out possible offspring from: monohybrid crosses; multiple allele inheritance; partial dominance.

  • 3.2.

    Describe and explain the consequences of gene mutation in relation to variation

  • 3.3.

    Describe and illustrate the processes of meiosis and mitosis stressing the genetic differences in the products.

  • 3.4.

    Explain the terms of discontinuous and continuous variation.