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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

(a) Identify structure X in Fig. 6.1.....................................................................................................................

2024 Spring

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

(a) Explain what is meant by genetic engineering. .......................................................................................................

2024 Winter

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

(a) State one reason why a doctor would recommend that a person has genetic testing for a mutation in the gene BRCA1 and explain why this mutation wou...

2024 Summer

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

White-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, live in rivers and lakes in Europe. In the 1850s, the North American signal crayfish, Pacifastacus l...

2024 Summer

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Theory

CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

Scientists use many different techniques in genetic engineering. (a) Sometimes the gene for genetic engineering cannot be extracted from the donor or...

2024 Winter

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

It has been hypothesised that the mutation rate of an animal species may affect how fast animals of that species age and how long they live (lifespan)...

2024 Summer

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

(a) (i) Genetic engineering uses specific enzymes and commonly involves the use of plasmids for the transfer of genes into an organism. Four enzymes t...

2024 Summer

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

BRCA2 is a tumour-suppressor gene. Its gene product, BRCA2, is involved in DNA repair. If the DNA cannot be repaired, BRCA2 has a role in causing the ...

2024 Summer

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

Scientists use many different techniques in genetic engineering.(a) Sometimes the gene for genetic engineering cannot be extracted from the donor orga...

2024 Winter

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

Medicine is defined as the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Outline the different ways in which genetic technology can be applied to m...

2023 Winter

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Fig. 1.1 shows the outline of a ciliated cell from the human gas exchange system.(a) (i) Inside the ciliated cell in Fig. 1.1, draw the nuclear envelo...

2009 Summer

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CH18 - BIODIVERSITY, CLASSIFICATION AND CONSERVATION

(a) The table below gives some terms that are used in ecology and their definitions. Complete the table.termdefinitionecosystemall the organisms and t...

2009 Summer

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CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

(a) With reference to Fig. 3.1 and the information above, explain how flatworms survive without a transport system for respiratory gases. ...............

2009 Summer

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CH6 - NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

(a) With reference to Fig. 4.1,(i) nameprocess A ..............................................................molecule B ...............................

2009 Summer

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CH7 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Fig. 5.1 shows part of a transverse section of a leaf.   (a) Explain, in terms of water potential, how water moves from Q to R. [4] (b)...

2009 Summer

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CH5 - THE MITOTIC CELL CYCLE

(a) Fig. 6.1 is an electron micrograph of a cancer cell in the process of dividing by mitosis. The stage of mitosis visible in Fig. 6.1 is metaphase.S...

2009 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Yeast cells contain enzymes, which catalyse the breakdown of glucose to produce ethanol and carbon dioxide. These products change the environment of t...

2009 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

J1 is a slide of a stained transverse section of a plant organ.(a) Draw a large, low power, plan diagram of a quarter of the specimen as shown in Fig....

2009 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

(a) (i) Using the information in Table 1.1, decide which other concentrations to make and complete Table 1.2 including the concentrations from Table 1...

2009 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

K1 is a slide of a stained transverse section of a plant organ.(a) (i) Draw a large, low power plan diagram of one end of the specimen on K1 as shown ...

2009 Summer

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