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1
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What is a gene

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A segments of DNA along the length of the chromosome

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2
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What is the process where DNA duplicates itself called

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mitosis

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3
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Genes influence human characteristics by:

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Sending instructions for making proteins to the cytoplasm

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What is cytoplasm

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Areas surrounding the nucleus

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What does crossing over refer to

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In the gamete (sex cells) chromosomes next to each other great at one or more points along the length and exchange segments

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6
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Which process ensures siblings differ even though they come from the same genes

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Meiosis

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7
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What effects the likelihood of identical twins occurring

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Environmental influences, temperature changes, oxygen levels, late fertilisation of the ovum, genetic influence

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Non-red hair is dominant. An individual with red hair has which type of allele

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An homozygous allel for red hair

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X-linked disorders are more commonly found in males than in females because ——–

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When a harmful allel is carried on the X chromosome their is no chance of this being cancelled out by a more dominant gene on the other X chromosome as for women

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What is the effect of ionising radiation on DNA

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Can cause mutation

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What is polygenic inheritance

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Many genes determine the characteristic in question: height, weight, intelligence, personality.

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12
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When do chromosomal defects occur

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During meiosis

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13
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What is one chromosomal abnormality

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Down syndrome

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What is the main effect of a sex chromosome disorder

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Specific intellectual problems

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Which is the safest form of prenatal diagnosis

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Maternal blood analysis

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By the fourth day after conception, the developing organism is/has:

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Blastocyst is formed

17
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What are the three phases of prenatal development

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Zygote, embryo, fetus

18
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During prenatal development in which period do the most rapid prenatal changes take place

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The embryo

19
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What is the term for an environmental agent that can cause damage in the prenatal period

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Teratogen

20
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During which trimester does the cerebral cortex, neural networks, and personality begins to emerge

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Third trimester

21
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Which common drugs can affect, low birth weight and death at time of birth, poorer motor development, lower intelligence test scores in early childhood.

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Regular use of aspirin

22
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The effects of fetal alcohol syndrome are reversible: true or false

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False

23
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What is the effect of taking folic acid supplements around the time of conception

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Significantly reduces the risk of neural tube abnormality such as spina bifida

24
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What does research on maternal age provide

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Women in their 30s have the same risk of having babies with chromosomal abnormalities as women in their 20s thereafter complication rates increase with a sharp rise amongst women 50 to 55

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What happens during the mother’s contractions to help the baby adapt to the trauma of birth

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The baby produces stress hormones which is adaptive as it helps the baby withstand oxygen deprivation, arouse the infant to alertness, prepare the baby to breathe

26
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What does the Agpar score indicate

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Above seven, good condition; 4 to 6, requires help in establishing breathing and other vital signs: three or below extreme danger

27
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What is the evidence for water births

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Shorter labour and lower rate of episiotomy

28
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What is the effect of incompatible RH types for subsequent births

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Anoxia, reduced supply of oxygen

29
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About how much of the difference in genetic make up explain the variation in intelligence

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Around half

30
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What is reaction range

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Genetically determined response to the environment

31
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What is canalisation

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Tendency of heredity to restrict the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes

32
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What is it epigenesis

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Bidirectional exchanges between heredity and all levels of the environment

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