Identify Types of Genetic 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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Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

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Insertions and Deletions

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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

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A mutation is defined as:

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A change in the DNA sequence

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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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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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Which type of mutation does the model demonstrate?

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Insertion

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Part of a chromosome is repeated.

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Duplication Mutation

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Mutations are SOMETIMES helpful to the organism.

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true

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Mutations affect the ________ of a protein. Because of this the proteins ______ is affected as well.

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shape,function