Know the significance of Hox genes
- Know the significance of regulatory genes
- DNA, RNA and the role they plays in protein synthesis
- How natural selection functions
- The peppered moth example and what it tells us about natural selection
- Know where (in what type of cells) are mutations to DNA most likely to have an impact on evolution
- Know the difference between somatic cells and gametes
- Know what the law of independent assortment is
- Know what the law of segregation is
- Know how blood types are an example of codominance/polymorphism
- Know what Lamarck created and how it relates to the theory of evolution
- Know what environment means within biological anthropology
- Know the significance of Darwin’s Finches
- Know how mitosis and meiosis work
- Know what “essential” amino acids are/what that means
- Know how evolution and life history play into human experience
- Know what Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium is helps us understand
- Know what sickle-cell anemia tells us about fitness and the relationship between disease and evolutionary processes