3 - Cell Division and Inheritance
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Practice Questions
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What is the main function of mitosis?
💡 Hint: Think about cell replacement and healing.
How many chromosomes do gametes have compared to the parent cell?
💡 Hint: Recall that meiosis halves the chromosome number.
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What is the purpose of mitosis?
💡 Hint: Think about healing and reproduction.
True or False: Meiosis results in identical cells.
💡 Hint: Consider the variety in traits in offspring.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an experiment to demonstrate the effects of errors in meiosis on offspring traits. What results do you expect?
💡 Hint: Think about how genetic disorders arise.
Using a Punnett square, predict the offspring traits from two heterozygous pea plants (Tt) crossing. What phenotypic ratio do you expect?
💡 Hint: Consider dominant and recessive allele interactions.
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