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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.3.HL.TZ1.b
Level HL Paper 3 Time zone TZ1
Command term State Question number b Adapted from N/A
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19M.3.HL.TZ1.b

The diagram shows part of the embryonic development in a clawed toad of the genus Xenopus.

[Source: © International Baccalaureate Organization 2019]

State what would occur in the embryo immediately after stage IV.

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Markscheme

elongation «of the neural tube» ✔

Examiners report

Most students did not state the correct process here, instead writing about longer term events in the nervous system, or excessively generic terms like “differentiation” and “organ development.”

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