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CAIE A-Level Biology A2 19.3.1 Genetic Engineering Solving Food Demand Questions

Evaluate how genetically engineered traits can solve food-demand pressures by improving yield, nutrition, resistance or environmental tolerance in Cambridge A Level Biology questions.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Biology 9700
Level
A2

Exam points

  • Evaluate how genetic engineering can increase food production, linking modified traits to yield, nutrition, resistance or environmental conditions.

CAIE A-Level Biology A2 19.3.1 Genetic Engineering Solving Food Demand Questions question 1

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It has been hypothesised that the mutation rate of an animal species may affect how fast animals of that species age and how long they live (lifespan).

Table 7.1 compares the mutation rate and lifespan of five species of mammal.

Table 7.1

Table 7.1

Genetic engineering could be used to improve farmed animals, such as dairy cattle. State two features of dairy cattle that could be improved by genetic engineering.

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