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Describe and explain how a tiger with striped fur may have evolved from a non-striped ancestor

Natural selection: Mutations (e.g. of pigment gene, and of regulatory genes) creating variability between members of the same species. Selection pressure of prey availability - Selection pressures are extern...
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what is co-dominance?

Co-dominance is when two alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype in the heterozygote. For example, plants that are homozygous for one allele may be red and plants that are homozygous for another allel...
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What are the characteristic properties of the genetic code?

Non-overlapping: The genetic code is read in triplets of bases, called codons, each of which codes for an amino acid. Degenerate: Each amino acid can be coded for by more than one base triplet. Non-ambiguous...
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Describe the steps involved in mitosis and name the exact stages (6)

Interphase: DNA and organelles replicate 2) Prophase: Chromosomes condense (and become visible! - made up of two sister chromatids joined by centromere), nuclear membrane breaks down, and centrioles move to ...
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Outline the process of the light independent reaction in photosynthesis, also known as the Calvin cycle.

Light INDEPENDENT reaction:· RuBP combines with CO 2 , using Rubisco which is an enzyme that catalyses the reaction· This forms 2x GP molecules· Each GP is reduced to form TP, using reduced NADP which provid...
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