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A-LevelBiologyInherited changeMay/June 2023Paper 4 Q311 Marks

(a) The sea blush, Plectritis congesta, is a flowering plant that grows on the west coast of North America. Individual sea blush plants produce fruit that is either winged or wingless. Investigations have shown that this characteristic is controlled by a single gene with two alleles: • a dominant winged fruit allele • a recessive wingless fruit allele. Fig. 3.1 shows the difference in structure between winged fruit and wingless fruit phenotypes. [Figure 3.1]

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology (9700) May/June 2023 examination, Paper 4 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Inherited change and is worth 11 marks.

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