Mutations

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What mutation has occurred here? T-G-A-C-C-A T-G-A-G-C-A

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Substitution

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Are all mutations bad?

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No

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In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of: cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil

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thymine

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Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

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Mutation

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in? Options: cell membrane, vacuole, chloroplast, nucleus

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nucleus

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Codon

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It is a three letter section of bases that are read by ribosomes to stamp amino acids into a protein.

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What are the building blocks of proteins called?

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Amino Acids

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Why are insertion and deletion (frameshift) mutations so harmful?

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They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence.

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Why is the order of amino acids so important?

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The order of amino acids dictates what shape the protein will fold into.

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DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

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Deletion