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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.2.SL.TZ1.a
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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19M.2.SL.TZ1.a

The image shows the chromosomes from a body cell of an adult human.

[Source: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/graphics/slides/elsikaryotype.shtml,
U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program.]

Identify, with a reason, the sex of this individual.

 

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Markscheme

male because Y chromosome present
OR
male because sex chromosomes/last two chromosomes/pair 23 are unpaired/different «from each other»/not homologous ✔

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