Apple scab is a disease that affects apple trees. Fig. 3.1 shows apples taken from apple trees that are uninfected and from those that are infected. A gene controls whether apple trees are resistant to apple scab disease or not. This gene has two alleles: the disease-resistant allele, R, and the not disease-resistant allele, r.
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Complete the sentence. Genes and alleles are composed of [BLANK].
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Determine the phenotypes of the offspring when the unknown parent apple tree is heterozygous. Complete the genetic diagram: parental phenotypes disease-resistant \times not disease-resistant; parental genotypes [BLANK] \times [BLANK]; gametes [BLANK], [BLANK] \times [BLANK], [BLANK]; offspring genotype [BLANK]; offspring phenotype [BLANK].
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Explain the reason.
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Suggest a way the farmer could make sure that only the chosen disease-resistant apple trees were pollinated.
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Describe how artificial selection is different from natural selection.
Worked solution & mark scheme
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