B6 Inheritance Variation and Name: Evolution · 2018-03-27 · Use evidence from the graphic above...
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B6 Inheritance Variation andEvolutionPractice questions
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Time: 181 minutes
Marks: 177 marks
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Figure 1 shows a fish called a carp.
Figure 1
The characteristics of an animal can be a result of:
• only genetic causes
• only environmental causes
• both genetic and environmental causes.
(a) Give one characteristic shown in Figure 1 for each different cause.
Only genetic causes _________________________________________________
Only environmental causes ____________________________________________
Both genetic and environmental causes __________________________________
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(b) Two alleles control the body colour of carp:
• brown ( B)
• blue ( b).
The brown allele is dominant to the blue allele.
The genetic cross from breeding two carp is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2
Complete Figure 2.
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(c) Draw a ring around one blue offspring shown in Figure 2.
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(d) What is the probability that the offspring from this genetic cross will be brown?
Tick two boxes.
0
0.25
0.5
1.0
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(e) Carp can produce large numbers of offspring.
The two carp crossed in Figure 2 had 260 000 offspring.
Approximately how many offspring are expected to be brown?
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Brown carp offspring = ___________________
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(f) A pond contains carp used for breeding.
The carp for breeding are brown or blue.
A red carp has been seen.
The red carp was not added to the pond.
Suggest what might have caused the red carp to appear.
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Living things can be classified into groups.
(a) Scientists look at structures inside cells to classify living things.
Suggest one structure found in cells that can be used to classify living things.
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(b) The table below shows one system for classifying humans.
X Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Hominidae
Genus Homo
Species Sapiens
Who devised this system of classification?
Tick one box.
Darwin
Linnaeus
Wallace
Woese
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(c) Look at the table above.
X is the largest category in this classification.
Name category X.
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(d) Give the binomial name of humans.
Use information in the table above.
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(e) Suggest one way that classification systems are useful to scientists.
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(a) Some antibiotics work by destroying the cell membranes of bacteria.
Suggest why these antibiotics may have side effects in the animals that are given theseantibiotics.
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(b) Each arrow on the figure below shows the date of discovery of each new type of antibiotic.
In which 10 year period were most new types of antibiotic discovered?
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(c) The figure above shows 22 new types of antibiotic. These were discovered before 2010.
Determine the percentage of types of antibiotic that have been discovered between 1980and 2010.
Use information from the figure above.
Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
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(d) Bacteria can evolve rapidly.
Many bacteria can develop into new strains which are resistant to antibiotics.
Complete the table below to show if each action is more likely or less likely to helpbacteria to become antibiotic resistant.
Put a tick in each row.
Action More likely Less likely
Take painkillers for headache
Washing with antiseptic hand gel
Adding antibiotics to food for cows
Giving antibiotics for colds and flu
Stopping antibiotics as soon as you feel better
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(Total 8 marks)
Sexual reproduction in humans involves the joining together of an egg cell and a sperm cell.
The sex of an embryo is decided by the chromosomes they inherit from their mother and father.
(a) Where in the cell are the chromosomes?
Tick one box.
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Ribosomes
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(b) Draw one line from each type of cell to the number of chromosomes in the cell.
Type of cell Number of
chromosomes
23
Sperm cell 26
46
Embryo cell 52
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(c) A man and a woman decide to have a child.
Complete the genetic diagram in the figure below.
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(d) On the figure above, circle a male child.
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(e) What is the chance of the man and woman having a boy?
Tick one box.
1 in 2
1 in 3
1 in 4
1 in 8
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(Total 7 marks)
A person’s characteristics can be due to:
• environmental causes
• genetic causes
• both environmental and genetic causes.
(a) Complete Table 1.
Put a tick to show what each characteristic is due to.
Table 1
Characteristic
Characteristic due to
Environmentalcauses
Genetic causesBoth environmental and
genetic causes
Eye colour
A scar
Weight
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(b) Draw one line from each key term to the correct definition.
Key term Definition
The set of alleles for a characteristic
Genotype The genus of an organism
The inheritance of chromosomes
Phenotype The mutation of genes
The physical characteristic of an organism
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(c) Farmers use selective breeding to control the characteristics in cows.
Table 2 shows the stages of selective breeding in cows.
Complete Table 2 to show the correct order of the stages.
The first stage has been numbered for you.
Table 2
Stage in selective breeding Order of stage
Cows are bred over many generations
Parents are bred together
Cows with the desired characteristics are chosen 1
Calves with the most desired characteristics are bred together
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(d) Farmers selectively breed cows for many different reasons.
Suggest two characteristics that cows may be bred for.
Do not suggest coat colour.
1. _________________________________________________________________
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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(e) Selective breeding can lead to problems.
Suggest how problems caused by selective breeding in cows can have negative financialeffects for the farmer.
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(Total 11 marks)
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Genetic disorder E is a condition caused by a change in the chromosomes.
(a) Figure 1 shows the chromosomes from one cell of a person with genetic disorder E.
(i) How do you know this person is female?
Use information from Figure 1.
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(ii) Describe how the chromosomes shown in Figure 1 are different from thechromosomes from a person who does not have genetic disorder E.
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(b) As a woman gets older, the chance of her having a baby with genetic disorder E increases.
Figure 2 shows this.
(i) The chance of a 35-year-old woman having a baby with genetic disorder E is 2 per1000 births.
What is the chance of a 40-year-old woman having a baby with genetic disorder E?
_____________ per 1000 births
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(ii) A 40-year-old woman is more likely than a 35-year-old woman to have a baby withgenetic disorder E.
How many times more likely?
_____________________ times
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(c) A 41-year-old woman wants to have a baby. A 41-year-old woman has an increasedchance of having a baby with genetic disorder E.
Doctors can screen embryos for genetic disorder E.
The table gives some information about two methods of embryo screening.
Method 1 Method 2
1. The woman is given hormones to cause the release of a few eggs. The eggs are taken from her body in a minor operation. The eggs are fertilised in a glass dish.
1. The woman gets pregnant in the normal way.
2. One cell is taken from each embryo when the embryo is 3 days old.
2. Cells are taken when the embryo is 10 weeks old.
3. Cells are screened for genetic disorder E.
3. Cells are screened for genetic disorder E.
4. An unaffected embryo is placed in the woman’s uterus. Embryos that are not used are destroyed or used in medical research.
4. An unaffected fetus is allowed to develop. If the fetus has genetic disorder E, the woman can choose to have an abortion.
5. This method costs about £6000. 5. This method costs about £600.
Use information from the table to give two advantages and one disadvantage of Method 1compared with Method 2 for detecting genetic disorder E.
Advantages of Method 1:
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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Disadvantage of Method 1:
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Fossils give us information about organisms from a long time ago.
(a) Amber is a solid, glass-like material. Amber is formed from a thick, sticky liquid whichoozes out of pine trees.
The image shows two fossil insects in amber.
© fkienas/iStock/Thinkstock
(i) Suggest how the insects came to be preserved in the amber.
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(ii) Give two other ways fossils are formed.
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2. ____________________________________________________________
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(b) The fossil record shows that many organisms, including the dinosaurs, became extinct 65million years ago.
One theory was that volcanic activity might have caused this mass extinction. Manyscientists believe that this extinction was caused when an asteroid collided with the Earth.
(i) A new scientific theory may replace an old theory.
Why might this happen?
Tick ( ) one box.
Evidence from amber is unreliable.
Internet evidence is more reliable than fossilevidence.
New technology provides more valid evidence.
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(ii) Give three reasons, other than volcanic activity and collision with an asteroid, why aspecies may become extinct.
1. ____________________________________________________________
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2. ____________________________________________________________
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3. ____________________________________________________________
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(Total 8 marks)
This question is about evolution in humans.
The graph shows:
• the estimated brain volume of different species of humans
• the time when the different species existed on Earth.
The data is plotted for modern humans (Homo sapiens) and for three types of extinct ancestorsof humans.
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Millions of years ago
KeyEach point plotted on the graph shows the estimate for one human.
(a) (i) As humans evolved, their brain volume changed.
What has happened to human brain volume over the past 4 million years?
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(ii) Why is the evidence for estimated brain volume for Homo sapiens stronger than theevidence for Australopithecus afarensis?
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(b) In a book, the brain volume of a different species, Australopithecus africanus, is stated tobe about 600 cm3.
Use evidence from the graphic above to estimate when Australopithecus africanus lived onEarth.
Estimate = _________________ million years ago
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(c) Scientists believe that modern humans evolved by natural selection from Australopithecusafarensis.
(i) Complete the following sentence.
In the nineteenth century, the scientist who suggested the theory of evolution bynatural selection was Charles ____________________________ .
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(ii) In the nineteenth century, many people did not accept this scientist’s theory.
Give one reason why.
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Figure 1 shows a fossil of a sea animal called a Plesiosaur.The Plesiosaur was alive about 135 million years ago.
Figure 1
By Andy Dingley (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
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(a) How can fossils give evidence for evolution?
Tick ( ) one box.
Newer fossils are simpler than older fossils.
Fossils show change over time.
All fossils show the bones of animals.
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(b) Plesiosaurs lived in the sea. There was mud at the bottom of the sea.
Suggest how the fossil shown in Figure 1 may have been formed after the animal died.
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(c) Figure 2 shows what scientists think a living Plesiosaur may have looked like.
Figure 2
© Andreas Meyer/Hemera/Thinkstock
Scientists think that the Plesiosaur had smooth skin, with no scales.
The scientists cannot be certain what the skin of a Plesiosaur was like.Suggest why.
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(d) Plesiosaurs are now extinct.
Give two possible reasons why.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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In sexual reproduction, an egg fuses with a sperm.
(a) (i) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
An egg and a sperm fuse together in the process of
cloning.
fertilisation.
mitosis.
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(ii) Egg cells and sperm cells each contain the structures given in the box.
chromosome gene nucleus
List these three structures in size order, starting with the smallest.
1 ____________________________________________________ (smallest)
2. ____________________________________________________________
3 _____________________________________________________ (largest)
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(iii) The egg and the sperm contain genetic material.
Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
The genetic material is made of
carbohydrate.
DNA.
protein.
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(b) The diagram below shows the inheritance of X and Y chromosomes.
(i) Draw a tick ( ) on the part of the diagram that shows a sperm cell.
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(ii) What is the chance of having a female child?
Give the reason for your answer.
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(Total 7 marks)
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Starfish can split in half. Each half can then grow new arms to form offspring.
This process is shown in the figure below.
(a) What process produces the starfish offspring?
Tick one box.
Asexual reproduction
Fertilisation
Selective breeding
Sexual reproduction
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(b) More cells are produced as the starfish grows more arms.
What process will produce more cells in the starfish as they grow?
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(c) All the offspring produced are genetically identical.
What name is given to genetically identical organisms?
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(d) Each body cell of the parent starfish contains 44 chromosomes.
How many chromosomes are in each body cell of the offspring?
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Moose are animals that eat grass.
Figure 1 shows a moose.
Figure 1
© Wildnerdpix/iStock/Thinkstock
Figure 2 shows a food chain.
Figure 2
Grass Moose Wolves
(a) Name the secondary consumer shown in Figure 2.
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(b) Figure 3 shows how the moose population and wolf population have changed in one area.
This is a predator-prey cycle.
Figure 3
In 2004 the line on Figure 3 for wolves is above the line for moose.
How does Figure 3 show that there are more moose than wolves in 2004?
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(c) Suggest why the moose population decreased between 2002 and 2004.
Use information from Figure 3.
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(d) The number of wolves is one biotic factor that could affect the size of the moosepopulation.
Give two other biotic factors that could affect the size of the moose population.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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(e) Moose have distinct characteristics such as antlers.
Describe how moose may have evolved to have large antlers.
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(Total 10 marks)
Bacteria can cause disease.
Figure 1 shows some features of a Salmonella bacterium.
Figure 1
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(a) Draw one line from each feature of the Salmonella bacterium to the function.
Feature Function
Controls the movement of substances into andout of the cell
Cell membrane
Carries genetic information
Plasmid DNA Provides support and protection
The site of protein synthesis
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(b) How is Salmonella spread between people?
Tick one box.
Animal bites
Contaminated food
Sneezing
Sexual contact
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(c) Give two ways you could stop Salmonella from spreading.
1. _________________________________________________________________
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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(d) Harmful bacteria can also be useful.
Scientists are doing research to find out if Salmonella can be used in a vaccine to treatcancer.
The Salmonella vaccine can be injected into the blood or swallowed in a tablet.
One benefit of injecting the vaccine is that it gets to the cancer quickly in the blood.
What is another benefit?
Tick one box.
All cancers can be treated by the injection
It will not cause sickness and diarrhoea side effects
The injection is not painful to the patient
The injection introduces cancer cells into the body
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(e) The Salmonella bacterium used in the vaccine is genetically modified using part of a virus.
Look at Figure 2.
Figure 2
Complete the sentences.
Use the letters from Figure 2.
Bacteria reproduce quickly in part _______________________________________
DNA with the desired gene is removed from the virus in part __________________
The chosen gene is inserted into the plasmid in part ________________________
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(Total 9 marks)
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(a) Which of the following is the best definition of a species?
Tick ( ) one box.
Organisms with many features in common
Organisms that live in the same habitat and eat the same food
Organisms that reproduce together to form fertile offspring
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(b) Figure 1 is a photograph of the Grand Canyon.
The layers of rock contain fossils.
© Sumikophoto/iStock/Thinkstock
Scientists found five fossils of different species of animal, P, Q, R, S and T, at the positionsshown in Figure 1.
(i) What is the evidence in Figure 1 that animals P and Q were alive at the sametime?
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(ii) Was animal R alive at an earlier time or at a later time than animals P and Q?
Give the reason for your answer.
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(iii) Which two of the following would be evidence that animal T may have evolvedfrom animal S?
Tick ( ) two boxes.
The fossils of animals S and T have many features in common,but T is more complex than S.
The fossils of animals S and T are the same size.
The fossils of animals S and T have the same skin colour.
The fossil of animal S was found in a deeper layer of rock thanthe fossil of animal T.
The fossil of animal T is more similar to the fossil of animal Rthan to the fossil of animal S.
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(c) Figure 2 shows two species of ground squirrel, W and X.
Squirrel W lives on the high ground to the south of the Grand Canyon.
Squirrel X lives on the high ground to the north of the Grand Canyon.
The land to the north of the Grand Canyon is about 300 metres higher than the land on thesouth side. The north side also has lower winter temperatures and has more rain and snowthan the south side.
(i) The two species of squirrel are very similar.
Describe one way, which you can see in Figure 2, in which squirrel X is different fromsquirrel W.
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(ii) The Grand Canyon was formed about 6 million years ago.
Explain how the two different species of squirrel could have developed from acommon ancestor.
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(iii) Squirrels W and X are separate species, but they are still very similar.
Suggest why the two species have not become more different over time.
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Glyphosate is a herbicide.
Crop plants have been genetically modified to make them resistant to glyphosate.
(a) Why is it an advantage to make crop plants resistant to glyphosate?
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(b) Figure 1 shows how scientists produce genetically modified (GM) crop plants.
The scientists use a GM-bacterium that can invade plant cells.
(i) The ring of DNA shown in Figure 1 acts as a vector for the resistance gene.
What is the scientific name for this ring of DNA?
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(ii) At step 1 in Figure 1, the ring of DNA is cut open.
How do scientists cut open the ring of DNA?
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(iii) At step 5 in Figure 1, plant cells and GM-bacteria are put on agar containingglyphosate.
Explain why the scientists add glyphosate to the agar.
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(c) Some people disagree with the use of GM herbicide-resistant crop plants.
Figure 2 shows data published on a website in 2013.
A journalist used the data to claim: ‘Scientists show that GM crops cause kidney disease inhumans.’
Use information from Figure 2 to evaluate the evidence for this claim.
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DNA is the genetic material of human cells.
Figure 1 shows the structure of part of a DNA molecule.
(a) (i) Describe where DNA is found in a human cell.
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(ii) When a cell divides by mitosis the new cells are genetically identical.
What causes the cells to be genetically identical?
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(b) Many genes have different forms called alleles.
(i) A person has polydactyly (extra fingers or toes). Polydactyly is caused by a dominantallele.What is the smallest number of copies of the dominant allele for polydactyly thatcould be found in a body cell of this person?
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(ii) Another person has cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a recessiveallele.How many copies of the recessive CF allele are there in a body cell of this person?
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(c) A burglar broke into a house. The burglar cut his hand on some broken glass. Scientistsextracted DNA from the blood on the broken glass.
The scientists analysed the DNA from the glass and DNA from three suspects, A, B and C.The scientists used a method called DNA fingerprinting.
Figure 2 shows the scientists’ results.
Which suspect, A, B or C, is most likely to have been the burglar?
Tick ( ) one box.
A
B
C
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The photograph shows a fossil of a prehistoric bird called Archaeopteryx.
By Ghedoghedo (own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-SA-3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft
/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons; By Steenbergs from Ripon, United Kingdom (Small Fishing Boat In North Sea) [CC-BY-2.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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(a) Describe three ways fossils can be made.
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(b) The drawing shows what an Archaeopteryx might have looked like when it was alive.
Scientists think that Archaeopteryx was a predator.
(i) Look at the drawing.
Write down three adaptations that might have helped Archaeopteryx to catch prey.
How would each adaptation have helped Archaeopteryx to catch prey?
Adaptation 1 ___________________________________________________
How it helps ____________________________________________________
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Adaptation 2 ___________________________________________________
How it helps ____________________________________________________
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Adaptation 3 ___________________________________________________
How it helps ____________________________________________________
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(ii) Archaeopteryx is now extinct.
Give two reasons why animals may become extinct.
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2. ____________________________________________________________
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Some genetic disorders are caused by alleles inherited from the parents.
(a) What are alleles?
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(b) Describe how embryos can be screened for the alleles that cause genetic disorders.
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(c) Polydactyly is a genetic disorder that leads to extra fingers or toes.
Polydactyly is caused by a dominant allele, D.
The photograph shows the hand of a person with polydactyly.
© Adem Demir/Hemera.
A man has polydactyly. His wife does not have polydactyly.
This couple‘s children have a 50% chance of having polydactyly.
Draw a genetic diagram to explain why.
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(d) Cystic fibrosis is another genetic disorder. It is caused by a recessive allele.
The diagram shows the inheritance of cystic fibrosis in one family.
Woman 5 is pregnant with her fourth child.
What is the probability that this child will have cystic fibrosis?
Draw a genetic diagram to explain your answer.
Use the following symbols.
N = allele for normal health n = allele for cystic fibrosis
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The diagram shows part of a DNA molecule.
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(a) (i) In which part of an animal cell is DNA found?
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(ii) Complete the following sentence.
The letters A, C, G and T in the diagram represent four different compounds
called __________________________ .
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(iii) One strand of the DNA, in the section labelled X, contains the following sequence ofthese compounds:
T A T G G G T C T T C G
How many amino acids would this section of the DNA code for?
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(iv) The section of DNA described in part (a) (iii) is a small part of a gene.
The sequence of compounds A, C, G and T in the gene is important.
Explain why.
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(b) Read the following information about genetic engineering.
The caterpillar of the European Corn Borer moth feeds on the fruits of maize (sweet corn).There is a chemical called Bt-toxin which is poisonous to the corn borer caterpillar but notto humans.
Scientists carried out the following steps.
1. The Scientists made a bacterial plasmid to which they added two genes: • Bt gene, which coded for production of the Bt-toxin • kanr gene, which coded for resistance to an antibiotic called kanamycin.
2. They used this plasmid to produce genetically modified bacteria which could invadeplant cells.
3. They mixed these genetically modified bacteria with pieces cut from maize leaves.
4. They placed the pieces of maize leaf on agar jelly in a Petri dish. The agar jellycontained the antibiotic, kanamycin. The kanamycin killed most of the pieces ofmaize leaf, but a few survived.
5. They took some cells from the surviving pieces of maize leaf and grew them in tissueculture.
The result was maize plants that now contained the Bt gene, as well as the kanr gene, inall of their cells.
(i) What is a plasmid (Step 1)?
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(ii) Why did the scientists add kanamycin to the agar jelly (Step 4)?
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(iii) The scientists grew each Bt-maize plant from a single cell which contained the Btgene.
Explain why all the cells in the Bt-maize plant contained the Bt gene.
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(iv) Kanamycin is an antibiotic.
Some scientists are concerned that the gene for kanamycin resistance has been putinto maize.
Suggest why.
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CRAM is an inherited condition which causes muscle breakdown.
The breakdown products enter the urine, making it dark-coloured.
The diagram below shows the inheritance of CRAM in one family.
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CRAM is caused by a recessive allele, n.
The allele for normal health is N.
(a) (i) What is an allele?
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(ii) What does recessive mean?
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(1)
(iii) Give evidence from the diagram that CRAM is caused by a recessive allele.
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(1)
(b) (i) Person 2 is homozygous for CRAM.
What does homozygous mean?
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(ii) None of person 2’s children have CRAM.
Explain why.
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(2)
(c) Persons 7 and 8 want to have another child.
(i) What is the probability that this child will have CRAM?
Draw a genetic diagram to explain your answer.
Probability = _____________________________
(4)
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(ii) To avoid having another child with CRAM, persons 7 and 8 may decide to useembryo screening.
Two ways of doing this are:
• PGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)
• CVS (chorionic villus sampling).
PGD involves IVF (in vitro fertilisation) of a few eggs, then taking a cell from eachembryo when it is 3 days old.
The image below shows how the cell is removed.
© Rtimages/iStock/Thinkstock
The DNA in the cell can then be tested. An unaffected embryo can be implanted inthe woman’s uterus. The possibility of a false positive result is around 1 in 6. Theprocedure costs about £6000. Affected embryos would be discarded. Extraunaffected embryos might be frozen and kept for later implantation. Alternatively, theextra embryos might be used in scientific research.
CVS involves taking a sample of blood from the placenta a few weeks intopregnancy. DNA from white blood cells can then be tested.If an affected embryo is detected, the parents then have to decide whether toterminate the pregnancy or allow it to continue.
CVS has a 1 percent chance of giving an incorrect result and a 0.9 percent chance ofcausing a miscarriage. CVS costs about £600.
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Evaluate the benefits of these two methods of embryo screening.You should include a conclusion to your evaluation.
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(5)
(Total 15 marks)
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Mark schemes
(a) only genetic causesany one from:
• pattern of scales• number of fins• eye colour
1
only environmental causes:
• scar1
both genetic and environmental causes:
• length1
1
(b)
B b
b bb
b Bb bb
allow 2 correct for 1 mark2
(c) any bb circled1
(d) 0.5
allow ecf from 04.21
(e) (260 000 / 2 =) 130 000
allow ecf from 04.41
(f) mutation
allow change in diet / hormones / DNA1
[9]
(a) Relevant organelle found in cells such as nucleus, mitochondria12
(b) Linnaeus1
(c) Kingdom1
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(d) Homo Sapiens
ignore underlining, italics or not, capitals or not1
(e) Any one from:
• to know which species are closely relatedorstudy evolution
• to monitor biodiversity• to identify different organisms such as two different species
1
[5]
(a) animal cells also have cell membrane13
(b) 1945–1955
allow 1946–1956
or 1947–19571
(c)
allow 9.09 (%) or 9 (%) with no working shown for 1 mark1
9.1 (%)
allow 9.1 (%) with no working shown for 2 marks1
(d)
More likely Less likely
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔
allow 3 marks for 4 correct
allow 2 marks for 3 correct
allow 1 mark for 2 correct4
more than one tick in a row negates a mark
[8]
(a) Nucleus14
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(b) Type of cell Number of chromosomes
extra lines from left cancel the mark2
(c)
X X
X XX XX
Y XY XY
all three correct for 2 marks
one or two correct for 1 mark
allow XY or YX in correct places2
(d)
X X
X XX XX
Y
either circled1
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(e) 1 in 21
[7]
(a)
Characteristic Environmental Genetic Both
Eye colour ✔
A scar ✔
Weight ✔
3
5
(b) Key term Definition
extra lines from the left negate the mark2
(c)
Stage in selective breeding Order ofstage
Cows are bred over many generations 4
Parents are bred together 2
Cows with the desired characteristics arechosen
1
Calves with the most desired characteristicsare bred together
3
all 3 correct for 2 marks
1 or 2 correct for 1 markmax. 2
(d) beef / meat
allow hardiness, disease resistance1
milk yield1
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(e) higher veterinary costs1
less income from sale of (milk and meat) products1
[11]
(a) (i) (female) has XX / only X’s / no Y
allow has X chromosomes
ignore ref to genes / cells1
(ii) extra chromosome / has 47 chromosomes / one set has 3 copies
ignore reference to chromosome numbers other than 47 or no. 181
no. 181
6
(b) (i) 14
allow in range of 13.5 to 14.51
(ii) 7
allow in range of 6.75 to 7.25
accept ecf from 5bi1
(c) Advantages:any two from:• more than 1 embryo (so more chance of success)
allow method 2 may cause a miscarriage• tested at 3 days cf 10 weeks or tested earlier
tested when only 3 days old• tested before pregnancy• no termination / abortion• spare embryos have a potential use.
2
Disadvantages:any one from:• needs an operation
accept described hazard of operation• (spare) embryos / human life destroyed / harmed
must be comparative• high er cost• embryos might not implant / might not develop.
1
[8]
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(a) (i) any two from:• trapped / held (since sticky)• engulfed / covered by resin
allow engulfed / covered by amber• prevented decay.
2
7
(ii) any two from:• animal / plant (dies and) body covered in sediment / mud
ignore ref to rock
allow covered in tar / ice• bones / shells / hard parts do not decay• minerals enter bones / parts are replaced by other materials /
mineralisation• preserved traces / footprints / burrows / rootlet traces / impressions /
casts.2
(b) (i) New technology provides more valid evidence.1
(ii) any three from:examples of physical factors, e.g.
accept 3 physical factors or 3 biological factors or some of each forfull marks
• flooding• drought• ice age / temperature change.
ignore pollution
examples of biological factors, e.g.• (new) predators (allow hunters)• (new) disease / named pathogen• competition for food• competition for mates
competition must be qualified• cyclical nature of speciation• isolation• lack of habitat or habitat change.
if no other answers given allow natural disaster / weather change/ catastrophic event / environmental change / climate change for 1mark
3
[8]
(a) (i) (volume) increases (with time)
ignore numbers1
8
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(ii) there is more evidence / specimens / results (for Homo sapiens)
allow examples of this, eg more / better fossils
allow converse if clearly referring to Australopithecus
ignore reference to being ‘more recent’1
(b) 2.5 – 3.15 (million years ago)
accept any number in range1
(c) (i) Darwin1
(ii) any one from:
• they believed in other theories
allow they believed that God made all life• insufficient evidence
ignore ‘no evidence’• no proof
allow not enough proof• genes / mechanism of inheritance not known / discovered
1
[5]
(a) fossils show change over time.19
(b) covered in sediment / mud or sinks into the mud1
soft parts decay / are eatenorbones / hard parts / shell do not decay
1
minerals enter bones / parts are replaced by minerals / mineralisation
accept turns to rock
allow ‘is an impression’ / ‘imprint’ / ‘cast’1
(c) skin is soft / skin not preserved / not fossilised / skin decays
accept not enough / no evidence / no-one has seen one
allow ‘this fossil is only bones’1
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(d) any two examples of:
accept 2 physical factors or 2 biological factors or one of each forfull marks
physical factors such as volcanic activity (allow volcanoes) / earthquakes / asteroid(collision) / ice age / temperature change
ignore pollution
and / or
biological factors such as predators / disease / named pathogen / competition/ lack offood / mates / cyclical nature of speciation / isolation / lack of habitat or habitatchange
if no other answers given allow natural disaster / climate change /weather change / catastrophic event / environmental change for 1mark
2
[7]
(a) (i) fertilisation110
(ii) in sequence:
accept 1 next to gene, 2 next to chromosome and 3 next to nucleusin box
1 gene2 chromosome3 nucleus
allow 1 mark for smallest or largest in correct position2
(iii) DNA1
(b) (i) On diagram:
tick drawn next to X and / or Y from Parent 1
tick(s) must be totally outside grid squares
allow ticks around “parent ”
extra ticks elsewhere cancel1
(ii) 0.5 / ½ / 50% / 1:1 / 50:50 / 1 in 2
allow 2/4 / 2 in 4 / 2 out of 4 / ‘even(s)’ / ‘fifty – fifty’
do not allow 1:2 or ‘50 / 50’ or ‘50 – 50’1
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2 (out of 4) boxes are XX
or
half of the sperm contain an X-chromosome
allow XY is male and 2 (out of 4) boxes are XY1
[7]
(a) asexual reproduction111
(b) mitosis1
(c) clones1
(d) 441
[4]
(a) wolves112
(b) moose and wolves are on different scales1
(c) wolf population has increased so more moose are eaten
do not accept there are more wolves than moose1
(d) any two from:
• (other) predators
allow correct examples
allow ‘humans hunting moose’• (new) pathogens
allow diseases• competition
2
(e) any four from:
• variation (within species) of antler size
allow description relating to antlers• (caused by) different genes• as a result of sexual reproduction / process of meiosis / mutation• (phenotype) most suited to environment most likely to survive and breed
ignore natural selection unqualified• genes for large antlers (more likely to be) passed on to next generation
4
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reference to mate selectionorfightingorgaining territoryorcompetition for matesoravoiding predation
1
[10]
(a) Feature Function
extra lines from the left negate the mark2
13
(b) Contaminated food1
(c) any two from:
• cook food (thoroughly)• pasteurise food• wash hands properly• disinfect work surfaces• keep raw and cooked foods separate• only drink clean water
2
(d) It will not cause sickness and diarrhoea side effects1
(e) E1
B1
D1
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(a) organisms that reproduce together to form fertile offspring1
(b) (i) fossils of P and Q in same stratum / layer / level / height1
(ii) earlier − fossil in deeper layer / further down1
(iii) the fossils of animals S and T have many features in common, but T is morecomplex that S
1
the fossil of animal S was found in a deeper layer of rock than the fossil ofanimal T
1
14
(c) (i) X has white tail / shorter tail
allow other points eg X has furrier tail / smaller feet / is furrier
or
W has sharper claws / W has larger claws1
(ii) two (ancestral) populations separated / isolated (by geographical barrier / bycanyon / river)
1
genetic variation (in each population) / different alleles / different genotypes /(different) mutation(s)
1
different environmental conditions / example described
allow abiotic or biotic example1
the better adapted survive / natural selection occurs
allow survival of the fittestignore they adapt to the environment
1
so (different / favourable) alleles / genes passed on (in each population)1
eventually two types cannot interbreed successfully
allow to produce fertile offspring1
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(iii) any two from:• environments similar / described
allow example, e.g. similar predator(s) / food / climate• therefore similar adaptations / features / phenotypes suit
accept suitable named feature• original ancestor already well adapted
ignore reference to not enough time for evolution.2
[14]
(a) kills weeds among crops / does not kill crops1
(kills weeds) so less competition for named factor eg light / water / ions
ignore space1
crops grow better / higher yield1
15
(b) (i) plasmid1
(ii) use an enzyme
allow correct example1
(iii) only some cells become GM / take up the plasmid / take up resistance gene
allow idea of transfer of gene / plasmid to some plant cells frombacteria
1
GM cells survive / non-GM cells are killed1
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(c) Pro:(positive) correlation between use of glyphosate and number of cases of kidneydisease
allow 1 mark for justified conclusion that the claim is not justified1
+ any three from:Con:• lack of controls / control group• correlation does not prove a causal link• some other factor could be the cause
accept obesity / infection• no evidence that kidney patients actually consumed GM crops / crops treated
with glyphosate / no evidence about amount consumedor graph shows amount of herbicide not amount of GM crops grownor graph shows data only for maize and soya / not for other (GM) crops
• data have been manipulated by carefully chosen scales to make it look like theycoincide
• data from some years is missing• no data for the dosage of herbicide used
allow kidney disease has been around for much longer than GMcrops / better diagnosis of kidney disease.
3
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(a) (i) in the chromosome(s)
ignore genes / alleles1
in the nucleus
allow nuclei
allow mitochondria1
(ii) the DNA / chromosomes / genes are replicated / copied / multiplied / doubled /duplicated
allow DNA is cloned
ignore same DNA / chromosomes / genes if unqualified1
16
(b) (i) 1 / one1
(ii) 2 / two1
(c) B1
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(a) any three from:
• parts of organisms have not decayed
accept in amber / resin
allow bones are preserved• conditions needed for decay are absent
accept appropriate examples, eg acidic in bogs / lack of oxygen• parts of the organism are replaced by other materials as they decay
accept mineralised• or other preserved traces of organisms, eg footprints, burrows and rootlet
traces
allow imprint or marking of organism3
17
(b) (i) teeth for biting (prey)
must give structure + explanation1
claws to grip (prey)
accept sensible uses1
wing / tail for flight to find (prey)1
(ii) any two from:
• new predators• new diseases• better competitors• catastrophe eg volcanic eruption, meteor• changes to environment over geological time
accept climate change
allow change in weather• prey dies out or lack of food
allow hunted to extinction2
[8]
(a) (different / alternative) forms of a gene
do not accept types of genes1
18
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(b) DNA isolated from embryo1
(fluorescent) probe mixed with embryo DNA1
probe (then) binds with embryo DNA1
(UV light) to show alleles / gene for disorder1
(c) genotypes of parents and gametes correct (Man D and d, Wife d and d)
allow half-size genetic diagram with only one d from wife1
offspring genotypes correct (½ = Dd and ½ = dd)
allow ecf if parental genotypes are wrong1
offspring phenotypes correctly assigned to genotypes1
(d) genotypes of parents and gametes correct (N and n)
allow ecf if parental genotypes are wrong1
offspring genotypes correct (NN, 2 × Nn, and nn)1
offspring phenotypes correctly assigned to genotypes;1
correct probability = 0.25 / ¼ / 25% / 1 in 4 / 1:3, only;
do not allow ‘3:1’ / ‘1:4’1
[12]
(a) (i) nucleus
correct spelling only
accept mitochondrion
ignore genes / genetic material / chromosomes1
19
(ii) base(s)
Accept all four correct names of bases
ignore nucleotides and refs to organic / N-containing1
(iii) 41
(iv) codes for sequence / order of amino acids
ignore references to characteristics1
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codes for a (specific) protein / enzyme
or
the sequence / order of three bases / compounds / letters
codes for a specific amino acid
or
the sequence / order of 3 bases / compounds / letters
codes for the order / sequence of amino acids1
(b) (i) DNA1
circular / a ring or a vector / described1
(ii) kills any cells not having kanr gene / so only cells with kanr gene survive1
hence surviving cells will also contain Bt gene / plasmid1
(iii) cells divide by mitosis
ignore ref to asexual reproduction
correct spelling only1
genetic information is copied / each cell receives a copy of (all) the gene(s) / allcells produced are genetically identical / form a clone
1
(iv) any two from:
• gene may be passed to pathogenic bacteria• cannot then kill these pathogens with kanamycin
orcannot treat disease with kanamycin
• may need to develop new antibiotics• gene may get into other organisms• outcome unpredictable
2
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(a) (i) alternative / different / one form of a gene
or
a mutation of a gene
do not allow a type of gene
(For info: CRAM = Childhood Recurrent Acute Myoglobinuria)1
20
(ii) not expressed if dominant / other allele is present or it is heterozygous
or
only expressed if dominant allele not present / no other allele present or it ishomozygous
need two copies to be expressed / not expressed if only one copy
allow ‘gene’ for allele1
(iii) unaffected parents have an affected child
allow 7 and 8 have 10
allow skips a generation1
(b) (i) has two alleles that are the same
accept (person is) nn / NN or has two recessive / dominant alleles1
(ii) (all) inherit N / normal / dominant allele from 1 / from father
ignore they are carriers1
all are Nn / none are nn / all are heterozygous1
(c) (i) genetic diagram including:
1 gametes correct or parental genotypes correct:
N and n + N and n or Nn + Nn
accept alternative symbols, if defined1
2 derivation of offspring genotypes: NN + Nn + Nn + nn
allow alternative if correct for parental gametes1
3 nn identified as CRAM
accept ¼ / 25% / 1 in 4 / 1 out of 4 / 1:31
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4 correct probability: 0.25
do not accept 3:1 / 1:41
(ii) any four points + conclusion:
pro PGD:
detected at earlier stage / at 3 days c.f. several weeks / before becomingpregnant
no / less chance of miscarriage c.f. CVS
does not involve abortion / less trauma / less pain / ethical comparison
higher chance of having unaffected child – eg ref to use of spare embryos
provides embryos for research4
pro CVS:
PGD may destroy some embryos
ethical implications of research on embryos (with PGD)
lower incidence of false positives / false results
low(er) financial cost
conclusion:
must relate to candidate’s argument
must have at least one point from each technique for max marks1
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