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Question 14

In mammals, biological sex is determined at fertilisation by the inheritance of sex chromosomes.

a.

Explain how sex chromosomes determine whether a human zygote develops as male or female, and state which parent's gamete determines this outcome.

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b.

Cell division occurs via mitosis and meiosis at different stages of a mammalian life cycle. Describe four differences between the daughter cells produced by meiosis and those produced by mitosis.

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66 exam-style questions on Edexcel IGCSE Biology Inheritance. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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