This chapter addresses these questions:
- What is heredity, and how is information passed from generation to generation?
- What is the structure of DNA, and what are its functions?
- How did Mendel's studies explain heredity? How have we improved on Mendel's original understandings?
- What is the relationship between genes and behavior?
- What is a gene pool, and why do we look at the genetics of populations to understand evolution?
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