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b) (i) Aug 14 (ii) Days 11-17 b) (i) Uterus (ii) Oviduct (iii) Ovary
c) (i) C
c) Male gamete has a tail and is able to move
while female gamete cannot move on its (ii) Fertilisation takes place in B, oviduct;
own; Sperms are deposited in the vagina and they
swim up the uterus to oviduct. Egg release
Male gamete has little cytoplasm but from ovary is swept down the oviduct towards
female gamete has abundant cytoplasm; uterus. A nucleus of the sperm fuses with the
nucleus of the egg and fertilisation occurs;
(iii) A
Part Function
Ovary Produces eggs b) One sperm fuses with the egg. The head of the
Vagina Receive sperm sperm enters the egg while the tail is left behind;
Oviduct Transports eggs The two nuclei fuse to form a zygote;
Uterus Allow embryo implantation c) Membrane of the fertilised egg, changes to prevent
other sperms from entering. Fertilised egg, zygote
divides to form a hollow ball of cells called the
embryo; When the embryo reaches the uterus, it
implants itself into the uterine lining;
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Offspring Genotypes BB Bb Bb bb
Offspring Phenotypes Black Black Black brown
Ratio 3 Black: 1Brown
(ii) bb; bb
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Bi) The aphids become resistant to the insecticide. a) The gene is a small segment of DNA, a hereditary
Hence, the insecticide will have no effect on them; factor borne on a particular locus in a chromosome
that controls a particular characteristic by coding for
ii) Biological control- Look for a natural predator of a protein.
aphids; a) There are two X chromosomes in the 23rd pair,
which women have but not men.
b) There will be one extra chromosome in the 21st
pair/ 3 copies of chromosome 21.
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c) Rats that are not resistant to Warfarin are killed by a) Chromosome – highly coiled and condensed
the poison. Hence, their numbers decline; structures that comprise of deoxyribonucleic acid
Rats that are resistant to Warfarin survive and double helix tightly wound around histones;
reproduce; Gene – The gene is a small segment of DNA, a
passing the Warfarin resistant alleles to the offspring; hereditary factor borne on a particular locus in a
Hence, over the years, the proportion of rats chromosome that controls a particular characteristic.
resistant to the poison increases; Allele – alternative form of the same gene found
on the same loci of homologous chromosomes;
Unit 12 Essay Qn 3
F1 genotype Nn Nn nn nn
Phenotype Has night blindness Normal vision
Ratio 1 Night Blind :1 Normal