Ionising radiation can induce mutations. So can some chemicals in tobacco as
this is why you can get cancer from smoking (as some cancers are a mutation of a cell)
A blog covering and explaining the Edexcel IGCSE Biology specification for the 2016 summer exams. If you are doing just double science, you do not need to learn the stuff for paper two, if you are doing triple you will need to learn all (GOOD LUCK!) I have separated the papers to make files easier to find. Hope it helps :)
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
3.33 undersand that the incidence of mutations can be increased by exposure to ionising radiation (for exampe gamma raysX-rays and ultraviolet rays) and some chemical mutagens (for example chmicals in tobacco)
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inheritance,
paper 2,
section 3
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