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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

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

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

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

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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...

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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...

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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 or...

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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)...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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CH7 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

(a) The structure of a phloem sieve tube element is adapted to its function.Each of explanations A to F describes how a particular structural feature ...

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CH3 - ENZYMES

Phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP) enzymes have an important role in lipid metabolism.The reaction catalysed by PAP is shown in Fig. 2.1.Experiments were...

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS

During one cardiac cycle:blood enters the heart from the lungs and from the rest of the bodyblood leaves the heart to be transported to the lungs and ...

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CH9 - GAS EXCHANGE AND SMOKING

(a) When a section of lung tissue is viewed using a light microscope, it is possible to identify the trachea, the bronchus, the bronchioles and the al...

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CH11 - IMMUNITY

Myasthenia gravis and HIV/AIDS both involve disorders of the immune system.(a) Outline why myasthenia gravis is described as a disorder of the immune ...

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Fig. 6.1 is a transmission electron micrograph of a plant parenchyma cell.(a) The external environment of the parenchyma cell has a higher water poten...

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CH14 - HOMEOSTASIS

(a) Fig. 1.1 represents part of the wall of a proximal convoluted tubule (pct) in a kidney nephron.[Image_1: Fig. 1.1](i) Name the features of the wal...

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CH11 - IMMUNITY

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of life-threatening diseases. SCID is caused by mutations that prevent the normal function of the i...

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

Flowers of the common morning-glory plant, Ipomoea purpurea, can have several different phenotypes. An example of these flowers is shown in Fig. 3.1.[...

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

The rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, is a fish that is bred in commercial fish farms. Rainbow trout that have a blue-silver colour are sold at a hi...

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