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Recognize that offspring have similar characteristics to parents.
Access Point #: SC.7.L.16.Su.1
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  • SC.7.L.16.1: Understand and explain that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits, that this hereditary information (DNA) contains genes located in the chromosomes of each cell, and that heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.
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Number:
SC.7.L.16.Su.1
Category:
Supported
Date Adopted or Revised:
02/08
Big Idea:
Heredity and Reproduction

A. Reproduction is characteristic of living things and is essential for the survival of species.

B. Genetic information is passed from generation to generation by DNA; DNA controls the traits of an organism.

C. Changes in the DNA of an organism can cause changes in traits, and manipulation of DNA in organisms has led to genetically modified organisms.

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