Answer key for 4E5N WA 1 2020

Question Answer
1(a) Different form of the same gene.
E.g. allele for height can be tall/short (T or t) [1]
(b) Purple flowers. [1]
In Cross I, although parents are red flowers, 236 of the
offsprings are purple flowers.
Hence it could be deduced that parents in Cross I are [1]
heterozygous, carrying the recessive purple which
needs to be homozygous in order to be expressed.

More offsprings have characteristics of red flower-

could only award 1M max
Total Max 2M
(c) (i)Rr
(ii)Rr
(d) Let allele for red flower be R, allele for purple flower be
r
[1]
Parental phenotype: Purple flower x purple flower [1]
Parental genotype: rr x rr
Gametes: r r x r r [1]
F1 genotype: rr rr rr rr [1]
F1 phenotype: All purple flowers
Max 3M

2(a) A: fallopian tube / oviduct Every 2 correct =1M

B: placenta
C: uterus / womb Max 2M
D: cervix

(b) To allow for exchange of substances between mother [1]

and foetus.
Removal of waste products
Named e.g. (glucose/ amino acids/ CO2, urea) [1]
To provide progesterone to maintain thickness of [1]
uterine lining
(c) Pregnant woman – remain high throughout [1]
Unpregnant woman – low at the start of menstrual
cycle, increases to high level after ovulation falls to
low level when close to end of cycle.

(d) Day 1-5: Non fertile [1]

Menstruation occurs, no uterine lining to support
implantation of embryo. Egg is not released yet

Day 6-10: Non fertile [1]

Growth and repair of uterine lining, uterine lining is too
thin to support implantation of embryo. Egg is not
released yet.

Day 11-17: Fertile phase [1]

Egg is released on day 14.
Sperm able to survive up to 3-4 days while egg can
survive 1-2 days. [1]
Uterine lining is thick enough to support implantation.

Day 18-28: Non fertile [1]

Egg and sperm are degenerated, no fertilization can
occur.
Max
[5]

Need to identify both

fertile and non-fertile
phases