Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 1: Exercise 16.1

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EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Name the chemical that contains genetic information and that is found in chromosomes.

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Chromosomes contain genes. What is a gene?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Cell M is a cell in the body of an animal. It contains two set of chromosomes. Each set is made up of 16 chromosomes.

What is the term for a cell that contains two complete sets of chromosomes?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Cell M is a cell in the body of an animal. It contains two sets of chromosomes. Each set is made up of 16 chromosomes.

How many chromosomes will be present in a gamete produced by this animal?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Cell M is a cell in the body of an animal. It contains two set of chromosomes. Each set is made up of 16 chromosomes.

The cell divides by mitosis to produce cells P and Q

How many chromosomes are there in cell P?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Cell M is a cell in the body of an animal. It contains two sets of chromosomes. Each set is made up of 16 chromosomes.

The cell divides by mitosis to produce cells P and Q

Are cells P and Q genetically different, genetically identical to the parent cell?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

List three roles of mitosis in plants and animals.

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Cell M now divides by meiosis.

Outline three differences between the division of meiosis and mitosis.