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Date May 2019 Marks available 1 Reference code 19M.1.HL.TZ2.19
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Deduce Question number 19 Adapted from N/A

Question

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat found in Africa. It has been discovered that organs could be transferred between any two individuals without rejection of the organ.

What is the probable reason for this?

A. Cheetahs have poor reproductive success.

B. Cheetahs have high heterozygosity.

C. Cheetahs have a large gene pool.

D. Cheetahs have a small gene pool.

Markscheme

D

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Additional higher level » Topic 10: Genetics and evolution » 10.3 Gene pools and speciation
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