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i dont know for sure, but i was going through my class notes and we hadnt done anything on them although the syllabus on page 49 just uses them has a heading and nothing in students, and students learn to columns...
I doubt that anyone would ask about Macfarlane Burnet...there are no points in "students" or "students learn to" columns, however the introduction to dot point 5 introduces his work. Our teacher just got us to jot down a couple of points about his work. Basically he was an aussie scientist and he realised that the basis of the immune system was its ability to distinguish between self and non-self. He proposed the "clonal selection theory" about lymphocytes. And he won a Nobel prize.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
If it's not in the syllabus then you're not expected to know it.luckyduck said:heys ppls!
if anyone uses the heinemann textbook they have a whole page about that dude macfarlane burnet, but it isn't in the syballus?? so do we have to know about them?
I was told last year that Macfarlane Burnet was just a nice, Australian introduction to the topic, but we didn't need to know it.
HSC_2004_Well??
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It has been asked
This is a multiple choice question from the 2003 HSC
2. What was MacFarlane Burnette's major contibution to science
A) Better understanding of the immune response
B) Identification of complementary bases in DNA
C) Proposal of the one gene-one protein hypothesis
D) Identification of the importance of chromosomes
The answer is A
This is a multiple choice question from the 2003 HSC
2. What was MacFarlane Burnette's major contibution to science
A) Better understanding of the immune response
B) Identification of complementary bases in DNA
C) Proposal of the one gene-one protein hypothesis
D) Identification of the importance of chromosomes
The answer is A
S
Shuter
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It got asked in our trials (a short answer even worth about 3 marks), on him. And our trial was set by an experianced teacher.
Tommy_Lamp
Coco
Shuter: Thats ridiculous. The most you'll get asked on him in the HSC is a MC question.
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Shuter
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Yeah well I got 0 for it because I had no idea and wrote about Koch's postulate. I would complain but it doesn't matter because I came top of assessments anyway.Tommy_Lamp said:
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it's coming to me...
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Hrm, I saw a question asked on that in a past trial I think. I went through the entire syllabus though, and made notes on it, and I saw nothing like that.malkin86 said:
I assumed it was because the syllabus was restructured in 2002 and alot of dot points were removed.
Can you specify where the dot point is?
nik_noodle
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I've just been going through 'Heinemann' as well...i dont know..its really really good in some sections, but ive found its over emphasied some sections and severely lacked detail in others... you know, I cant actually think of any BRILLIANT bio textbooks..most subjects theres a standout...'Macquarie''s alright...so's 'Biology in Context' but none are brilliant..bugger it
Our teacher agrees that the most you'd be asked about McFarlane Burnett would be a MC or something. I recall we had this debate in class about a week before the trials
Our teacher agrees that the most you'd be asked about McFarlane Burnett would be a MC or something. I recall we had this debate in class about a week before the trials
lukebennett
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nowhere specifies about it but if you get a question, since it covers part 5 in the syllabus indirectly, you can blabber on over tese dot points and say how he has contibuted by finding out about antibodies and lymphocytes and the immune response bla bla bla bla