Inheritance GCSE questions
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Practice questions
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Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are...
An advantage of sexual reproduction is...
Meiosis produces...
Why must gametes be haploid?
Common mistakes
- Meiosis does not make 46-chromosome sperm. That would double up at fertilisation to 92.
- b is not “brown because it is written second”. Recessive only shows when homozygous.
- Mutation is random. Selection is not. Mixing those two sentences loses the 4-mark story.
- Two divisions, four different haploid cells.
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