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Natural and artificial selection

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6 past-paper questions on Natural and artificial selection

  • 9700/42 · October/November 20246 marks

    Outline the processes that may affect allele frequencies in wildlife populations.

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  • 9700/42 · May/June 20254 marks

    One of the changes that occurred during the domestication of wild rice to cultivated rice was the loss of the awns from rice…

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  • 9700/41 · May/June 20254 marks

    Explain how natural selection in the G. fortis population on Santa Cruz has resulted in the distribution in bill size shown in…

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  • 9700/42 · October/November 20243 marks

    The process of selective breeding changes allele frequencies in a population. Plant breeders use selective breeding to improve…

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  • 9700/41 · October/November 20243 marks

    In pond 2, the scientists observed: • a low density of tadpoles • sufficient food availability for all tadpoles • that most of…

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  • 9700/41 · October/November 20243 marks

    In pond 1, the scientists observed: • a high density of tadpoles • a low abundance of food • that most of the tadpoles they…

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