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Which type of cell division produces cells with the diploid (2n) number of chromosomes?
Pregunta 2
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Which type of cell division produces cells with the haploid (n) number of chromosomes?
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Which type of cell division produces somatic (body) cells?
Pregunta 4
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Which type of cell division produces gametes?
Pregunta 5
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Which type of cell division is used in asexual reproduction and leads to no genetic variation?
Pregunta 6
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Which type of cell division is used in sexual reproduction and leads to genetic variation?
Pregunta 7
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True or false? In order to undergo cell division, the chromosomes in the cell need to be copied.
Pregunta 8
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Where would you find totipotent, undifferentiated stem cells?
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In zygotes and embryos
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In the microvilli in the small intestine
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In bone marrow
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In the tips of shoots and roots
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In the parietal lobe of the brain
Pregunta 9
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Why do gametes (sperm and ova) have a haploid (n) number of chromosomes?
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They are too small to carry the diploid (2n) number of chromosomes
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When they fuse in fertilisation, the resulting zygote has the correct diploid (2n) number of chromosomes
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Half of the chromosomes are missed out as the gamete is a short-lived cell
Pregunta 10
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True or false? Research on embryo stem cells is not considered unethical as the embryo is not yet alive.
Pregunta 11
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True or false? In 2010, the first organ grown using stem cells was successfully transplanted into a human child.
Pregunta 12
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Which scientist came up with the idea of genes but was ignored for many years as DNA had yet to be discovered?
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Crick and Watson
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Mendel
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Darwin
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Lamarck
Pregunta 13
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What does a codon (a sequence of three nucleotide bases) code for?
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Nothing
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A molecule of glucose
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An amino acid
Pregunta 14
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What is the best definition of a recessive allele?
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An allele that is "masked" by the effect of a dominant allele
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An allele that is rarely passed down
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An allele that causes learning difficulties
Pregunta 15
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What would be the genotype of a person who was homozygous dominant for brown eyes?
Pregunta 16
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True or false? A person's phenotype is the combination of alleles that they have.
Pregunta 17
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What is a Punnet square?
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A square number that is 1 less than a prime number, discovered by J W Punnet
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A biological phenomenon exhibited by ravens which causes them to fly in a square formation
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A grid which shows all possible combinations of alleles and the corresponding phenotype expressed
Pregunta 18
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Which of these diseases are caused by dominant alleles?
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Sickle cell anaemia
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Huntington's disease
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Cystic fibrosis
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Polydactyly
Pregunta 19
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True or false? Cystic fibrosis causes mucus to become thick and sticky, often leading to problems with breathing, digestion and fertility.
Pregunta 20
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True or false? A carrier of cystic fibrosis will have the heterozygous genotype Cc.