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What are gametes?

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Sex cells

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Gametes fuse together to form.x

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A zygote.

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Normal body cells have …

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The diploid number of chromosomes - 2n

Each cell contains two of each chromosomes - one from mum and one from dad.

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Gametes have …

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A haploid number of chromosomes - only one copy of each chromosomes.

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At fertailisation,

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Two haploid cells fuse together to form the normal diploid number of chromosomes.

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Meiosis

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1) DNA unravels and replicates = two copies of each chromosome called chromatids.
2) DNA condensed to from double armed chromosomes each made from 2 sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
3) Meisois 1 - chromosomes arrange in homologous pairs and they’re separated halving the chromosome number
4) Meisois 2 - the pairs of sister chromatids that make up each chromosome are deprecated.
5) 4 haploid gamete cells are produced.

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What happens during Meiosis 1?

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Homologous pairs of chromosomes come together and pair up - chromatids twist around eachother and bits of chromatids swap over = different combos of alleles

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2 events which leads to genetic variation during Meiosis:

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  • crossing over of chromatids

- independent segregation of chromosomes

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Explain what happens during independent segregation:

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When the homologous pairs are separated in the first division, it’s completly random which chromosomes from each pair ends up in which daughter cell - 4 daughter cells have diff combos of chromosomes.

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Three differences between Mitosis and Meiosis:

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Mitosis produces cells with same number of chromosomes as parent cell = Meiosis produces half.

Mitosis is genetically identical = meiosis is not.

Mitosis produces 2 daughter cells = meiosis produces 4

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What is chromosome mutation?

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When something goes wrong and the cells produced contain variations in the numbers of whole chromosomes of parts of chromosomes.

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Chromosome mutations lead to…

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Inherited conditions because the errors are present in the gametes.

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One type of chromosome mutation:

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Non-disjunction - failure of the chromosomes to seperate properly - DOWN’s SYNDROME.

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Down’s syndrome is caused by…

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A person having an extra copy of chromosome 21.

The resulting zygote has 3 copies of chromosome 21.

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What are mutations?

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Changes to the base sequence of DNA.

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2 mutations:

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Substitution
One base is substituted with another

Deletion
One base is deleted

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Why do mutations affect a gene?

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Because the order of DNA bases in a gene determines the other of amino acids in a particular protein - a change would change the sequence of amino acids it coded for and the protein.

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Not all mutations affect the order of amino acids…

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Because the degenerate nature of the genetic Code means that some amino acids are coded for by more than one DNA triplet.

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Will deletion always lead to changes in the amino acid sequence?

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Yes because the number of bases present will change which causes a shift in all the base triplets after it.

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What do mutagenic agents do?

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They increase the rate of mutation.

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Examples of Mutagenic Agents:

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UV radiation, ionising radiation etc.

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What is Genetic Diversity?

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Is the variety of different alleles of a genes in a species or population.

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How can Genetic Diversity be increased? (2)

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  • mutations in the DNA.

- different alleles being introduced into a population because of migration - GENE FLOW.

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What is a Genetic Bottleneck?

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An event that causes a big reduction in a population.

It reduces the number of different alleles in the gene pool and so reduces Genetic Diversity.

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What is the Founder Effect?

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A type of Genetic Bottleneck.

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What happens in the Founder Effect?

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When just a few organisms from a population start a new colony and there are only a small number of different alleles in the initial gene pool.

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The Founder Effect results in…

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A higher incidence of genetic disease.

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Describe Natural Selection:

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Random mutations cause variation in a population of species. Species with the advantage are able to survive, reproduce and pass on their genes increasing the beneficial allele from generation to generation.

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Whats a Behavioural Adaptation?

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Ways an organism ACTS that increase its chance of survival and reproduction.

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What is a Physiological Adaptation?

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Processes inside an organism’s body that increase its change of survival.

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What are Anatomical Adaptations?

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Structural features of an organism’s body that increase its chance of survival.

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What is Directional Selection?

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Where individuals with alleles for characteristics of an extreme type are more likely to survive and reproduce.

E.g. bacteria evolving antibiotic resistance.

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What is Stabilising Selection?

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Where individuals with alleles for characteristics towards the middle of the range are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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What is Phylogeny and what does it tell us?

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The study of the evolutionary history of groups of organisms.

Tells us who’s related to whom and how closely related they are.

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Phylogenetic trees show…

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Evolutionary Relationships.

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What is Taxonomy?

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The science of classification.

Involves naming organisms and organising them into groups making it easier to identify and study them.

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There are 8 groups. Each group is called…

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A taxon.

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What is a species?

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A group of similar organisms able to reproduce to give fertile offspring.

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Name the 8 groups.

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
40
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What is the Binomial Naming System?

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First part of the name is the genus name and the second is the species.

Homo sapiens

41
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Why’s the Binomial system good?

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To avoid confusion of using common names e.g. breaks language barriers.

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What is Courtship Behaviour?

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The way organisms act to attract a mate of the right species.

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Courtship behaviour is..

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SPECIES SPECIFIC - only members of the same species will respond to that courtship behaviour.

44
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The more closely related species are, what is significant about their courtship behaviour?

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The more similar it is.

45
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Give 3 ways in which Techniques can clarify Evolutionary Relationships:

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  • Genome Sequencing
  • Comparing Amino Acid Sequence
  • Immunological Comparisons
46
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What is Genome Sequencing?

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When the entire base sequences of an organism is determined and compared to the DNA base sequence of another organism.

Closely related = more similarities.

47
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What is Comparing Amino Acid Sequencing?

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Proteins are made up of amino acids and the sequence of amino acids in a protein is coded for by the base sequence in DNA.

More closely related = similar amino acid sequences.

48
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What is Immunological Comparisons?

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Similar proteins will also bind to the same antibodies.

49
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How has the way Genetic Diversity is assessed changed?

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In early years, it was assessed by the frequency of OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS in a population.

Now, we can measure genetic diversity directly by DNA base sequences etc.

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What is Variation?

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Differences that exist between individuals.

There’s variation between species and within species.

51
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Variation can be caused by: (2)

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Genetic factors

Or

Environmental factors

52
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To study variation, what do you need to do?

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You have to sample a population as you cannot look at a whole population.

53
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What do the samples have to be like?

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  • random so it’s not biased e.g. can use a random number generator to find co-ordinates.
  • results should be analysed statistically to make sure the variation observed isn’t just due to chance.
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What is Biodiversity?

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The variety of living organisms in an area.

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What is Habitat?

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The place where an organism lives.

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What is the Community?

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All the populations of different species in a habitat.

57
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How can Biodiversity be considered? (2)

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  • Local Biodiversity

- Global Biodiversity

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What is Local Biodiversity?

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You could consider the variety of different species living in a small habitat local to you.

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What is Global Biodiversity?

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You could consider the variety of species on Earth.

It would vary in different parts of the world.

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What is Species Richness?

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A measure of the number of different species in a community.

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How can species richness be worked out?

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By taking random samples of a community and countering the number of different species.

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What is Index of Diversity?

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It’s when both the number of species in a community AND the abundance of each species is taken into account.

63
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Agricultural practices

How do they affect Biodiversity?

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They reduce it.

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Give 3 examples of Agricultural Practices which reduce Biodiversity:

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  • pesticides - kill pests which means any species that eat pests will lose food and also decrease.
  • hedgerow removal - this is done to increase the area, destroys habitat.
  • monoculture - when farmers have fields containing only one type of plant - a single type reduces biodiversity directly and supports fewer organisms.
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What do Conservationists try to do?

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Protect Biodiversity.

66
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Give 2 examples of Conservation Schemes:

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  • giving legal protection to endangered species.

- The Environmental Stewardship Scheme - encourages farmers to conserve biodiversity.

67
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How can you test the effect of antibiotics?

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You use an Agar plate with bacteria on it - use sterile for pets to place paper disks soaked with different antibiotics.

Incubate the plate allowing the bacteria to grow and measure the zone of inhibition.

68
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The size of an inhibition zone tells you…

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How well an antibiotic works.

The larger the zone = the more the bacteria were inhibited from growing = more effective the antibiotic.

69
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What are Aseptic Techniques used to do?

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Prevent contamination of cultures by unwanted microorganisms.

70
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Give 3 examples of Aseptic Techniques which can be used:

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  • regularly disinfect work surfaces to minimise contamination.
  • work bear a Bunsen flame - hot air rises and keeps microbes in the air away.
  • minimise the time spent with the kid of the agar plate to reduce the chance of airborne microorganisms contaminating the culture.

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