Mutations

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What best describes a change in the DNA sequence?

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Mutation

Front

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

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Point

Front

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

Front

What type of mutation involves adding or deleting bases from the DNA, which results in new codons (a shift in the reading of the 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? Options: Insertion Mutation, Deletion Mutation, Point Mutation, Duplication Mutation

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Point Mutation

Front

What type of chromosomal mutation occurred?

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Inversion Mutation

Front

What type of chromosomal mutation has occurred? Options: Inversion Mutation, Translocation Mutation, Deletion Mutation, Duplication Mutation

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Translocation Mutation

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

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Deletion 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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Insertion Mutation

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What type of mutation causes a premature stop codon to appear in the amino acid sequence?

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Nonsense Mutation