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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Fig. 4.1 shows a section through a maize fruit.Fig. 4.1(i) Name the parts labelled A to D.A .........................................................

2009 Summer

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) The inheritance of coat colour in horses is complex but all horses have one of two base colours, red (chestnut) or black. The base colour is contr...

2009 Summer

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Explain how changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA may affect the amino acid sequence in a protein.[7](b) Explain how natural selection may bri...

2009 Summer

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Complete Fig. 4.1 by writing letters to represent the sets of chromosomes in bread wheat.(b) Explain why hybridisation between emmer wheat and goa...

2009 Winter

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeds on sugars found in damaged fruits. A fly with normal features is called a wild type. It has a stripe...

2009 Winter

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Fig. 5.1 shows a section through part of a human testis.Fig. 5.1Name structures A and B.A ...........................................................

2009 Winter

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Explain how two parents, both of whom produce normal amounts of AG, can produce a child with Pompe disease...........................................

2009 Winter

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

(a) Explain what is meant by the term gene mutation......................................................................................................

2010 Summer

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

In humans a rare, sex-linked, recessive allele results in a change in the shape of the iris in the eye. This condition is known as cleft iris (CI).(a)...

2010 Summer

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CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

In humans a rare, sex-linked, recessive allele results in a change in the shape of the iris in the eye. This condition is known as cleft iris (CI).(a)...

2010 Summer

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CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

(a) Fig. 1.1 shows the breakdown of a molecule of sucrose.(i) Name the bond indicated by T...............................................................

2010 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

(a) Calculate the actual diameter of the alveolus along the line X–Y.Show your working and give your answer to the nearest micrometre.Answer = ........

2010 Summer

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS

(a) Fig. 3.1 shows a cross-section of the heart at the level of the valves.[Image_1: Fig. 3.1](i) Complete the following flow chart to show the pathwa...

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CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Malaria and tuberculosis (TB) are two of the most important infectious diseases.(a) Define the term \textit{infectious disease}..........................

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CH6 - NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

(a) Name the stage during the mitotic cell cycle when replication of DNA occurs..........................................................................

2010 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

(a) Name the processes that occur at H, J and K.H .......................................................................................................

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

(a) Explain how Fig. 1.1 can be identified as a plant cell...............................................................................................

2010 Summer

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS

Fig. 2.1 is a diagram of a vertical section through a healthy mammalian heart. (a) (i) Label the two chambers of the heart by writing in the boxes pro...

2010 Summer

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CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) Using the ‘without HIV/AIDS’ and ‘with HIV/AIDS’ data shown in Table 3.1, calculate the percentage decrease in life expectancy for Botswan...

2010 Summer

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CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

Fig. 4.1 shows the primary structure of a lysozyme molecule, an enzyme found in tears, saliva and in lysosomes. (a) (i) Explain what is meant by th...

2010 Summer