Genetic Mutations

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Mutation

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A change in the DNA sequence.

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Point Mutation

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A mutation affecting only one or very few nucleotides in a gene sequence.

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Silent Mutation

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A mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid created.

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Missense Mutation

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A mutation that results in a different amino acid being produced.

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Nonsense Mutation

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A mutation that results in a premature stop codon, terminating protein synthesis.

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Frameshift Mutation

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A genetic mutation caused by insertions or deletions of a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three.

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Deletion

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A mutation in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is lost during DNA replication.

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Insertion

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A mutation in which extra base pairs are inserted into a new place in the DNA.

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gene mutation

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occur in a small potion of DNA and affect only one gene