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GCSE AQA Biology (old spec) > B2.5 Simple Inheritance In Animals And Plants > Flashcards

B2.5 Simple Inheritance In Animals And Plants Flashcards

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Chromosome, DNA, nucleus, cell, base, gene

Put these in order from smallest to biggest

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Smallest      
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Base
Gene
DNA
Chromosome 
Nucleus
Cell
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Biggest
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How many pairs of chromosomes does each cell have?

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23 pairs

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Define chromosome

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Long section of DNA containing many genes and the instructions for lots of different characteristics

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Define a gene

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A small section of DNA containing the instructions for a single characteristic

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What part of a cell contains the genetic material

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The nucleus

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What happens during mitosis?

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Chromosomes copy each other and make a replicated strand. Spindle fibres are formed and you get each type of chromosome then they pull apart making two cells identical to the first

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What are the female and male gametes called and where are they made?

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Eggs/ova in the ovaries

Sperm in the testes

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What happens during meiosis?

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The chromosomes are copied, the cell divides into two and these new cells immediately divide again. This gives four sex cells each with a single set of chromosomes.

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Does mitosis or meiosis give variety? And why is there variety?

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Meiosis because in each sex cell they contain random mixtures of the original chromosome pairs

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What happens during fertilisation?

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Two sex cells join during fertilisation and the single cell formed has a full set of chromosomes (23 pairs-half sperm and half egg). The combination of genes on the chromosomes of every newly fertilised ovum is unique.

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Asexual reproduction produces offspring as a result of ________
Sexual reproduction produces offspring as a result of ________

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Mitosis

Meiosis

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Define pluripotent

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Embryo stem cell can become lots of things

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What can stem cells become?

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Nerve cells
Red blood cells
Muscle cells
Tissue cells

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What are the pros of embryo stem cells?

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Easy to collect and produce in a lab or embryos can be donated by IVF patients who don’t want them
People don’t need an operation to get them
Stem cells can turn into any cells

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What are the cons of embryo stem cells?

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Expensive

Embryo is destroyed which is a living thing - unethical

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Pros of adult stem cells?

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Can be taken out without destroying a potential life

Stem cells taken from an adult to be used by them will prevent rejection from happening

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Cons of adult stem cells

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Expensive
You need an operation to get them - harder to collect
Can only be turned into some types of body cells

18
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Stem cells are _________ cells.

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Undifferentiated

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Why are stem cells important?

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They could potentially produce every type of cell in the body

20
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What’s therapeutic cloning?

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Cloning by transferring the nucleus of an adult cell to an empty egg to produce tissues or organs which could be used in medicine

21
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What are some problems with therapeutic cloning?

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Could be unethical and it’s slow and very complicated

22
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Who was Mendel?

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An Austrian monk who closely studied the patterns of inheritance in pea plants.
He made these conclusions:
-Characteristics can be dominant or recessive
-Recessive characteristics may not show but can still be inherited
-certain characteristics can be inherited predictably
-inherited characteristics are passed on as bits of information called ‘factors’

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What are Punnett squares?

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They show each of the possible outcomes of characteristics

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How would you represent a dominant characteristic?

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Capital letter

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How would you represent a recessive characteristic?

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Lower case letter

26
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What’s a genotype?

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The genes

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What’s a phenotype?

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The physical way the genes look

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What would the genotypes be if the dominant thing was SS and the recessive was ww

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Sw, Sw, Sw, Sw

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What would the genotypes be if the two genes were Sw and Sw

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SS, Sw, Sw, ww

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