5.4 Inheritance
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(a) The importance of meiosis and fertilisation in sexual reproduction giving rise to variation. Random assortment, crossing over and fertilisation as sources of variation.
(b) Alleles as different forms of the same gene. An understanding of the principles of monohybrid and dihybrid. Mendelian inheritance. Chi squared. Codominance. Linkage. Sex linkage as illustrated by haemophilia.
(c) Gene mutation as illustrated by sickle cell anaemia and chromosome mutation as illustrated by Down's syndrome. Mutagens and carcinogens. Oncogenes
(b) Alleles as different forms of the same gene. An understanding of the principles of monohybrid and dihybrid. Mendelian inheritance. Chi squared. Codominance. Linkage. Sex linkage as illustrated by haemophilia.
(c) Gene mutation as illustrated by sickle cell anaemia and chromosome mutation as illustrated by Down's syndrome. Mutagens and carcinogens. Oncogenes
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