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Section A
1.
(a)
(c)
When a cell divides, the genetic material can divide by mitosis, by meiosis or by neither of
these processes. Complete the table with a tick to show the process by which you would
expect the genetic material to divide in each of these examples.


Complete the diagram below to show the appearance of the chromosomes in each of the
four daughter cells formed at the end of the second division of meiosis.


In an insect, 16 chromatids were visible in a cell at the start of the first division of meiosis.
How many chromosomes would there be in a normal body cell from this insect?
The division of plasmids in bacterial reproduction.
mitosis
The stage in the formation of male gametes in a plant in
which haploid daughter cells are formed from a haploid
parent cell.
meiosis
neither
Cell division which takes place in the growth of a human
testis between birth and five years of age.
The stage in the lifecycle pf a protoctistan in which a large
number of genetically different spores are produced.
(2 marks)
(b) The diagram shows a cell during the first division of meiosis.
(2 marks)
(1 mark)