Biology Exam Chat + Exam Copy + Answers (now)

[LukeMcA]

for 6 cii) i wrote about introducing some kansas/nebraska chickens to increase genetic diversity in illnois pop? as all pops are same species


+ do you think there's a chance of acceptingn "structure M" due to ambigous nature of the q?

Yes that's fine - fits under introducing a breeding program.

Personally I think the chief assessor will either award everyone a mark, or, accept nucleus or structure.

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And yes - there is a small error - we will update this in our next version of answers. Thank you for pointing it out

No worries

[lexitu]

We did

"Symbol for yellow must be a capital letter, and it is preferable to have distinct upper and lower case letters."

[nubs]

They aren't working? The link only takes me to the unit 3 solutions, I can't see the unit 4 link there

[LukeMcA]

They aren't working? The link only takes me to the unit 3 solutions, I can't see the unit 4 link there

http://www.box.net/shared/nf6lqoz0og323vao3s0k   <---- Link.

[Reckoner]

Thanks to all who put together the solutions, and anticipating your thoughts on Q5. Lost 4-7 marks I think.

[Panicmode]

Looks like I only lost the one mark for putting ribosomes (structure M) instead of nucleus. Also, not sure if it's been pointed out, but the test cross in 2a)ii is wrong.

Thanks to everyone that put this together.

[luckii]

thank you!!!

[polkadot]

Thanks for the solutions! Do you guys think that nuclear (chromosomal DNA) would be acceptable for q.7aii?

[scocliffe09]

Looks like I only lost the one mark for putting ribosomes (structure M) instead of nucleus. Also, not sure if it's been pointed out, but the test cross in 2a)ii is wrong.

Thanks to everyone that put this together.

I think that they may well not award the mark for q1a structure M. The biology assessors have been known to do worse in the past (see: intact skin) and rarely acknowledge their own errors, no matter how obvious (see ethylene vs. ethene). So I wouldn't pin your hopes on getting that mark.
Silly Microsoft word put a capital letter in the Punnett Square and I worked off that! - sorry - will update those in a second.
I don't know where nuclear DNA is specific enough for 7aii to be honest.

[nubs]

Looks like I only lost the one mark for putting ribosomes (structure M) instead of nucleus. Also, not sure if it's been pointed out, but the test cross in 2a)ii is wrong.

Thanks to everyone that put this together.

What's wrong with it?

I think you mean 2a)iii

[davo__666]

3b1: Would stating the process is to remove the Nucleus of the egg still be correct but not saying it was enucleation?

[impossible.is.nothing]

for the flower question i wrote Yb + bb ... would this be acceptable?
also it says that one of the parents is hertro being Yb and then the other is blue so wouldn't it have to be bb? not Yb + Yb .. thats how the cross is done in the suggested answer... im prob completely wrong but just askinggg?

[davo__666]

Nar that would not be correct. The alleles are for the same Gene So they had to be the same letter. Yy or Bb. But im sure you wil get consequential marksfor when u did ur cross and did ur ratio's?

[davo__666]

question one really was bulklshit, couldn't they of asked "what organelle is Rna polyemarase found in?

[scocliffe09]

3b1: Would stating the process is to remove the Nucleus of the egg still be correct but not saying it was enucleation?

Depends on the mark allocation but I think that would be fine.
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