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OCR MERGED QUESTION PAPER AND MARK SCHEME A Level Biology B (Advancing Biology)H422/02 Scientific literacy in biology FOR JUNE 2024

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Friday 14 June 2024 – Morning
A Level Biology B (Advancing Biology)
H422/02 Scientific literacy in biology
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes




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1 This question is based on the Advance Notice Article ‘The Eye’.

(a) A person’s genotype determines their eye colour phenotype.

(i) Define the term genotype.

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(ii) Define the term phenotype.

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(b) Fig. 1.1 shows the inheritance of eye colour in one family.

Squares represent males and circles represent females.

Filled shapes represent individuals with blue eyes and unfilled shapes represent individuals with
brown eyes.

Fig. 1.1


= male with blue eyes
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= male with brown eyes

= female with blue eyes

3 4 5 = female with brown eyes




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(i) Explain one piece of evidence from Fig. 1.1 that indicates the allele for blue eyes is recessive.

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(ii) Explain one piece of evidence from Fig. 1.1 that indicates the allele for blue eyes is located on
an autosome and not the X chromosome.

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(iii) The chi squared (χ2) test is used to determine whether the results of genetic crosses are
statistically significant.

Explain why the χ2 test is appropriate for use in genetic crosses.

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(iv) Suggest why the χ2 test would not be appropriate for analysing the data in Fig. 1.1.

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(c) A couple with blue eyes had a child with brown eyes.

A friend suggested that a mutation must have caused the child to have brown eyes.

(i) Use the information in the Advance Notice Article to explain why this conclusion is not supported.

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(ii) Suggest an explanation for the child’s brown eyes that is supported by the information in the
Advance Notice Article.

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