Mutations

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What mutation has occurred here?
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
Options: Substitution, Deletion, Insertion, Frameshift

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Substitution

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What results in a frameshift mutation? Options: Insertions only, Substitution only, Deletion only, Insertions and Deletions.

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Insertions and Deletions

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Mutation

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A change in the DNA sequence

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ATTTGAGCC- Original ATTGAGCC - Mutated The example above is an example of a Options: Insertion- Frameshift, Deletion- Substitution, Deletion -Frameshift, All of the above

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Deletion -Frameshift

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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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Normal-
GAG-CTC-GAC-AGA
Mutant
GAG CTC-CAC-AGA
Options: no mutation, substitution, insertion, deletion

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substitution

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What type of chromosomal mutation is this? Options: Translocation, Inversion, Deletion, Duplication

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Inversion

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Gene

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A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein

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Mutations that involve parts of or all of a chromosome

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Chromosomal Mutation

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Part of a chromosome is repeated

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Duplication Mutation