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To succeed in GCSE Biology, focus on cells, how organisms function, fighting disease, energy in living things, maintaining balance, DNA and inheritance, and environmental interactions.

• Cells covers the structure of plant, animal and bacterial cells, including organelles like mitochondria, ribosomes and chloroplasts
• Bioenergetics explains photosynthesis and respiration, the two key processes that power all life
• DNA and inheritance explores why organisms inherit certain characteristics and how species change over time

Understanding how these topics connect helps you see biology as a whole rather than isolated facts.

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The key distinction: mitosis maintains the full chromosome count (diploid), whereas meiosis halves it (haploid) to prepare for fertilisation.

• Mitosis involves one division cycle and preserves the full set of 46 chromosomes in humans
• Meiosis produces four haploid cells, each with 23 chromosomes in humans
• Genetic variation occurs in meiosis through crossing over and independent assortment, making each gamete unique

A helpful way to remember: mitosis makes "mini-me" copies, meiosis mixes things up for reproduction.

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