- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Date Added:
- 03/07/2018
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- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Describe the different types of variation in a population
Explain why only natural selection can act upon heritable variation
Describe genetic drift and the bottleneck effect
Explain how each evolutionary force can influence a population's allele frequencies
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/21/2018
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Discuss the different types of mutations in DNA
Explain DNA repair mechanisms
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/21/2018
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Describe how cancer is caused by uncontrolled cell growth
Understand how proto-oncogenes are normal cell genes that, when mutated, become oncogenes
Describe how tumor suppressors function
Explain how mutant tumor suppressors cause cancer
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/21/2018
- Subject:
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Date Added:
- 02/14/2014
- Subject:
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the basic principles of the theory of evolution by natural selection
Describe the differences between genotype and phenotype
Discuss how gene-environment interactions are critical for expression of physical and psychological characteristics
- Subject:
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 06/20/2018