BIO 410 ENTIRE COURSE

BIO 410 Week 1 Individual Assignment Cell Division and Inheritance

Worksheet
Complete the Cell Division, Chromosomes, and Inheritance Worksheet.
BIO 410 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Genetics Brochure
Imagine you work at the local museum of natural history, which is opening a wing dedicated to
genetics. At the grand opening, scheduled for next month, you will host an event for the community to
learn more about genetics and explore the museum. You have been tasked with developing a
brochure that provides an overview of genetics to those who attend.
Develop a brochure that may be given to those who attend the grand opening. Use the brochure
builder link or another tool of your choice. Include the following:
A picture and description of DNA, with a summary of differences between DNA and ribonucleic acid
(RNA)
How DNA is formed into chromosomes
An explanation of each phase of DNA replication
A depiction of the transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein with written explanations
of each step
Techniques of DNA analysis important to genetic engineering
A definition of the Human Genome Project including its value in identifying human genetic disorders
Remember that your audience is comprised of members of society and are not experts in biology or
genetics.
Use graphics as often as possible to aid in comprehension.
Cite any sources used in your brochur
BIO 410 Week 3 Individual Assignment Genetic Expression Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper examining the process of gene expression. Include the following:
Explain the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic cells.
Discuss mechanisms by which gene expression may be altered. How do these alterations induce
cancer-causing mutations in cell DNA?
Explain how cancer is formed.
Describe genetic changes found in cancer cells and how these changes lead to alterations in cell
behavior.
Determine whether proteome data can be utilized in genetic disorder diagnosis
Relate the Human Genome Project data to the analysis of cancer genes
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
BIO 410 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Genetic Disorder
Presentation
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide MicrosoftPowerPoint presentation on your genetic disorder that describes
the following:
An overview of the disorder
Characteristics of the disorder
Prevalence of the disorder
Genes or chromosomes affected
Specific mutation inherent in the disorder
Mode of inheritance
Current treatments and clinical management of the disorder
Analysis of proteome data used to diagnose and treat the disorder
The Human Genome Projects utility in identifying the disease-causing gene(s)
Submit your Genetic Disorder Presentation
BIO 410 Week 4 Individual Assignment Grand Opening Speech
Complete problems 2 & 6, using Hardy-Weinberg laws, from the Problems and Discussion
Questions section in Ch. 27 ofConcepts of Genetics.
Refer to the Brochure assignment. The museum is scheduling a speech at the grand opening for a
group of high school students in attendance and wants you to write it.
Deliver a 700- to 1,050-word transcript of the speech you would give, including the following:
Discuss the factors that lead to genetic variations in a population. Include Hardy-Weinberg laws
based on the problems you completed.
Explain how animal behaviors, including human behaviors, are governed by genetic inheritance.
Explain how the laboratory mouse has become a valuable model organism for the study of
development and genetics.
What other animal models are used?
What contribution(s) has research using Caenorhabditis elegansand Drosophila melanogaster made
in the study of animal behavior and population genetics?
Elaborate on the future of human disease diagnosis using the data from the Human Genome Project.
Provide sufficient examples to make the speech relevant to high school students.
Submit your transcript and completed problems from the text as instructed by your facilitator.
BIO 410 Week 5 Individual Assignment Recombinant DNA and Ethics
Activity
Review the Recombinant DNA and Ethics activity.
Complete all four sections.
Determine, in each section, whether the items in the presentation are applications of recombinant
DNA technology.
Click on items in each section.
A pop-up box will appear, asking you whether or not this item is an application of recombinant DNA
technology.
If you click yes, a notepad appears allowing you to type notes about the application and in what way it
is used.
Include any ethical issues that arise out of this application.
A Microsoft Word document, containing all of your notes, is generated at the end of the activity when
you click Print at the bottom of the notepad.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word article based on your notes. Include the following:
An introduction
A summary of the applications you found
A discussion about the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) related to the use of recombinant DNA
technology
Briefly describes four scenes on map
Scene(s) identified that represent an application of DNA technology
Identifies ethical concerns arising from applications of DNA technology
Identifies legal concerns arising from applications of DNA technology
Identifies social concerns arising from applications of DNA technology
A conclusion
BIO 410 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Bioinformatics
Access to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
Locate two or more different bioinformatic tools.
Determine the identity of two sequences listed in the University of Phoenix Material: Gene
Sequences, using BLAST from the NCBI website.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of the two tools you investigated and your BLAST findings.