What is a gene?
Where are genes found?
What are choromosomes?
What is a section of DNA that has a genetic code for making a particular protein?
Describe what is meant by the term 'variation':
What are environmental factors?
Why are identical twins a good example of the interaction between inheritence and environment?
How many pairs of chromosomes do human bodies contain?
What do a pair of chromosomes carry?
What do sex cells only contain one of from each pair?
Is the chromosome we get from each pair completely random or not?
What happens to when the sex cells form?
How is a human baby's gender determined?
What are some arguments in favour of using IVF?
What are some arguments against the use of IVF?
Descibe the term 'values':
Descibe the Y Chromosome:
What are alleles?
What is a recessive allele?
What is a dominant allele?
What is the genotype?
What is a phenotype?
Describe cystic fibrosis:
What does the disease CF do and how you relieve some of the side effects?
How are people born with CF?
What is Huntington's disorder cause by?
How do you get Huntington's disorder?
Describe what's going on on this example of a Punnett Square:
What is the key thing to remember about Huntington's disease?
Why is there an issue regarding cystic fibrosis?
Describe genetic testing:
What is Antenatal testing?
What is Neonatal testing?
What is Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis?
What is carrier testing?
What is predictive testing?
Describe some of the limits of genetic tests:
When does a fake positive occur?
When does a false negative occur?
What is meant by the term 'distinguish questions'?
What does it mean to clearly state the issue at heart of any debate?
What is meant by 'access to our genetic profile'?
What is the difference between genetic testing and values?
Describe what is meant by 'changing values':
What are clones?
Whats is asexual reproduction?
Describe asexual reproduction in plants:
Describe artificial cloning:
Describe the two types of cells:
Describe embryonic stem cells:
What is Therapeutic cloning?
What are the teps involved in Therapeutic cloning?
Decribe the process of embryo transplants:
What is fusion cell clothing?
Who was Dolly the sheep and how was she produced?
