DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
Question 23M.2.SL.TZ2.c
Date | May 2023 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 23M.2.SL.TZ2.c |
Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ2 |
Command term | Suggest | Question number | c | Adapted from | N/A |
c.
[Maximum mark: 1]
23M.2.SL.TZ2.c
Suggest a reason for the F2 generation not corresponding exactly to the expected ratio of purple-flowered and white-flowered plants.
[1]
Markscheme
chance / OWWTE;
(any of the usual mechanisms causing recombination of alleles) NOT mutation.
Any wording that implies the bigger the sample size, the closer to 3:1.
