You might recall that our main discussion prompt regarding cancer physiology involved a hypothetical person that "inherited" a mutation related to cancer. For this week's module, we will take a break from the topic of cancer to explore the mechanisms of inheritance. This will hopefully give us the cellular and molecular perspective on the origins of our traits.
Given all of the above, we will seek to...
Use the concepts of independent assortment and crossing over to explain why even closely related individuals have different DNA.
Tips for this week's module...
The inheritance-related topics we are about to explore are very much brain teasers! Even if you have studied some of these topics previously, it is often challenging to apply knowledge related to inheritance to novel situations.
I strongly recommend viewing the resources in this module more than once and trying to develop accurate mental models/visualizations of what's going on.
Remember that our focus is always on considering the cellular/molecular perspective. In particular, when it comes to the elaborate/evaluate quiz later on, I recommend first trying the quiz, then re-reviewing some of the resources with the quiz questions in mind, prior to reattempting the quiz.
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