Biology GCSE
Genetic identity
What Genetic identity means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Replication ensures that when the nucleus divides, each daughter cell receives a complete and identical set of genetic information.
The key feature that cells dividing by mitosis produce genetically identical copies, with the chromosome number staying the same.
The clone's nuclear DNA comes from the donor body cell, so the offspring is genetically identical to the donor of the body cell.
Topics that use Genetic identity
- Cloning (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Asexual reproduction
- Mitosis
- Adult body cell
- Application of knowledge
- cell cycle
- Cell cycle stages
- Chromosome copies
- clone
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