Genetic Switches

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This two-slide tutorial describes how genetic switches, regulatory elements in DNA, control gene expression.

Genetic switches can turn genes on and off in different tissues. In this Click & Learn, students explore two examples: the regulation of the Pitx1 gene in stickleback fish, which affects body morphology, and the regulation of the “paintbrush” gene in Drosophila fruit flies, which affects wing pigmentation.

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One 50-minute class period.
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enhancer, regulation, regulatory switch, tissue-specific expression, transcription

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Date Published
Curriculum Connections
NGSS (2013)

HS-LS1.A

AP Biology (2019)

IST-2.A, IST-2.C, IST-2.B, IST-2.D, IST-2.E, IST-3.F

IB Biology (2016)

2.7, 7.2

Vision and Change (2009)

CC2

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