NCES.7.L.2 - Understand the relationship of the mechanisms of cellular reproduction, patterns of inheritance and external factors to potential variation among offspring.
- NCES.7.L.2.1 - Explain why offspring that result from sexual reproduction (fertilization and meiosis) have greater variation than offspring that result from asexual reproduction (budding and mitosis).
- NCES.7.L.2.2 - Infer patterns of heredity using information from Punnett squares and pedigree analysis.
- NCES.7.L.2.3 - Explain the impact of the environment and lifestyle choices on biological inheritance (to include common genetic diseases) and survival.