Mutations

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What describes a change in the DNA sequence?

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Mutation

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What describes programmed cell death?

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Apoptosis

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What type of mutation involves substituting a DNA base with a different base?

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point mutation

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What type of mutation involves substituting a DNA base with a different base but still forms the same protein?

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silent mutation

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What type of mutation involves adding or deleting bases from the DNA, resulting in new codons?

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frameshift mutation

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Original DNA = TAC GAC TTG AAT Mutated DNA = TAC GAC TCG AAT What type of mutation has occurred?

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Point mutation

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Original DNA = TAC GAC TTG AAT Mutated DNA = TAC GTA CTT GAA T What type of mutation has occurred?

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Frameshift mutation due to adding extra base

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Original DNA = TAC GAC TTG AAT Mutated DNA = TAC GAC TTG AAT What type of mutation has occurred?

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No mutation occurred

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What type of chromosomal mutation occurred?

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chromosomal insertion/duplication

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What type of chromosomal mutation occurred? Options: chromosomal insertion/duplication, chromosomal deletion, chromosomal inversion, chromosomal translocation

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chromosomal deletion