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Dear Lauren, Thanks for your comment, you make a good point. The new Biology Data booklet for exams beginning 2028 contains a diagram of a single amino acid. Therefore if students are asked to describe the structure of a di-peptide (as question...
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Dear Elizabeth, Thanks for your comment. Yes, this update to the Ensembl site does change the look of things. I'll fix this as soon as I can.Best wishes, David
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Do you think for students using the Biology Data Booklet, that Q4 is more like a one mark question now (correct peptide bond). Or add requirement to label groups.
B1.2 Proteins - model answers
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Site authorDear Monira, Thanks for your request. I expect you a referring to activity 1, the labels for the Brain diagram. I'll add some model answers for this activity in the morning. Activity 2 and Activity 3 already have model answers, you can display...
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