Transmission — Science definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- Whether a change can reach offspring, which depends on the cell: only changes in cells producing gametes can be passed on. (Life Science & Scientific Inquiry)
- Light passing through a material, like light through clear glass. (Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy)
Where it is taught
- Inherited Traits, Environment & Mutation — Genes, Cell Division & Heredity, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
- Light & the Electromagnetic Spectrum — Waves, Sound & Light, Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy, Grade 8
In use
And transmission to offspring depends entirely on which cell the mutation occurs in — a change in a skin cell affects that cell's descendants in that body and goes no further, while a change in a cell that produces gametes can be passed on.
Inherited Traits, Environment & Mutation
Taught alongside
- mutation
- inherited trait
- environmental influence
- acquired characteristic
- electromagnetic (EM) wave
- electromagnetic spectrum
- reflection
- absorption
- model
- evidence
- system boundary
- assumption