DNAfingerprintingTA.

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Q2.Meiosisandmitosisaredifferenttypesofdivisioninhumancells.Comparethetwoprocessesbyreferringtowhereeachtakesplace
andthekindofproductsthataremade.
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(Total6marks)

Answer

M2.one markforeachofthefollowing
comparisonstoamaximumof6
candidatesmust makeaclearcomparison
meiosismitosis
sexualasexual
gametesgrowth
ovaryor testesallothercells
or gonads
halfnumbersamenumber
ofchromsomesofchromosomes
haploidor diploidor
23chromosomes46chromosomes
reassortmentor noreassortment
variationpossibleor novariation
or notidenticalor identical
4cellsproduced2cellsproduced
2divisions1division
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Yourturn.
1.SolvetheMystery!
FrauMullerhadbakedabirthdaycakeforherhusbandandthenleftitinatin
onthekitchentable.Whenshereturnedfromshoppingallthatwasleftinthe
caketinwasafewcrumbsandasmudgeofbloodwherethethiefhadcuttheir
fingeronthesharpedgeofthetin.BelowaretheDNAfingerprintsofherfour
children.
WhichoneofthechildrensDNAfingerprintsmostcloselymatchestheblood
stainandthereforeismostlikelytobethethief?

2.Identifythebody
Asoldierhasbeenkilledinanexplosionandhaslosthisdogtagsthatidentify
him.ThreesoldiersaremissingfromtheirunitsotheArmyaskthethreesets
ofparentsforaDNAsamplesotheymightcompareittothesoldiersDNAand
thereforemakeanidentification.
Whichsetofparentsisthesoldierthesonof?

3.Identifythefather
LookcarefullyattheDNAfingerprintsbelowanddecidewhichofthemen(P,Q
orR)aremostlikelytobethefather.

4.Whocommittedthecrime?
Agroceryshophasbeenrobbed.Thepolicesuspectedoneoftwolocal
criminalsmayhavebeenresponsiblesotheybroughtthemintogetaDNA
sampletocompareagainsthairsfoundatthesceneofthecrime.Theyalsotook
aDNAsamplefromtheowneroftheshopinordertoexcludehimfromtheir
enquiries.
Sowhocommittedthecrime?

5.SwitchedatBirth!
CanyouanalyzetheresultsofaDNAfingerprintconductedonthreebabiesand
threesetsofparentstodeterminewhichbabybelongstowhichparent?

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ANSWERS
1. John
2. ParentsCandD
3. Q
4. Suspect2
5. Baby1belongstoCoupleB
Baby2belongstoCoupleC
Baby3belongstoCoupleA

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