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Saraswati Vidya Niketan Biology Name: Form: Instructions: Answer Question 1 and EITHER Question 2 or 3

This document contains a biology exam question about genetics. It asks students to: 1) Arrange stages of mitosis in the correct order and describe what is happening in each stage. 2) Explain the differences between genotype and phenotype, homozygous and heterozygous alleles, and mitosis and meiosis. It also asks what percentage of sons would have haemophilia if their father has it. 3) Define genetic engineering, explain how insulin is produced through it, and use a Punnett square to predict what percentage of children would be tongue rollers if their parents are both heterozygous for it.

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Saraswati Vidya Niketan Biology Name: Form: Instructions: Answer Question 1 and EITHER Question 2 or 3

This document contains a biology exam question about genetics. It asks students to: 1) Arrange stages of mitosis in the correct order and describe what is happening in each stage. 2) Explain the differences between genotype and phenotype, homozygous and heterozygous alleles, and mitosis and meiosis. It also asks what percentage of sons would have haemophilia if their father has it. 3) Define genetic engineering, explain how insulin is produced through it, and use a Punnett square to predict what percentage of children would be tongue rollers if their parents are both heterozygous for it.

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Genetics

Saraswati Vidya Niketan

Biology

Name: Form:

Instructions: Answer Question 1 and EITHER Question 2 or 3.

Question 1

Figure 1 below shows the different stages of mitosis. Note that the stages shown are not arranged in the
correct order in which mitosis occurs.

Figure 1 Stages of mitosis

(a) Arrange the stages of mitosis above in the correct order starting with D (Interphase). (2 marks)
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(b) Describe briefly what is happening at each of the following stages: (3 marks)
(i) C
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(ii) E
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(iii) F
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Genetics

Question 2

(a) State the difference between the following:


(i) Genotype and phenotype
(ii) Homozygous allele and Heterozygous allele (3 marks)
(b) State two differences between mitosis and meiosis. (2 mark)
(c) Haemophilia is a sex linked trait. If a man who has haemophilia marries a normal female, what
percentage of their sons would have haemophilia? (5 marks)

Question 3

(a) What is meant by the term genetic engineering? (1 mark)


(b) Explain how insulin is produced by genetic engineering. (4 marks)
(c) Joe and Mary who are both heterozygous for tongue rolling are planning to become married.
What percentage of their children are expected to be tongue rollers? Predict by using a punnet
square. (5 marks)

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