Biology B1.6

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What is a gamete?
Parent's genetic information they pass on in sex cells
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What are chromosomes made of and how many do humans have?
DNA and 46
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Why is variety so important?
As it makes sure a species survives
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What is a clone?
It's produced a-sexually and it's gentically identical to the parent
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Describe the process of cloning cattle embryos...
1. Divide the embryo into cells 2. Each cell grows into an embryo 3. Transfer embryos into Mother 4. Identical calves are born
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What steps are required to perform adult cell cloning?
1. Nucleus from cells removed 2. different nucleus inserted 3. cells given a little electic shock-forms embryo cells 4. inserted into womb of female
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What is genetic engineering?
The changing genetic material of an organism
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What new ideas did Lamarck propose?
Individual animals adapted and evolved to suit their environment
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Explain natural selection...
Organisms become better adapted to their envrionment to survive and produce more offspring
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What is a mutation and how do they occur?
It's the change in DNA which results in a new form of gene. They occur by copying the DNA when cells divide
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What is classification?
Organisation of living things into groups according to their similarities
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