Mutations

Multiple Choice

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

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• silent mutation

• chromosomal mutation

​This means that one chromosome ends up with multiple copies of the same gene.

Multiple Choice

Notice the abnormal 23rd chromosome. This individual has an extra X chromosome. What type of mutation is this?

• Translocation

• Nondisjunction

• Dublication

• Inversion

• Deletion

Multiple Choice

Duplication

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks off.

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks off, flips, and reattaches.

• When a segment of a chromosome is copied or doubles.

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks and attaches to a non homologous chromosome.

• When entire chromosomes don't separate evenly during meiosis.

Multiple Choice

Translocation

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks off.

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks off, flips, and reattaches.

• When a segment of a chromosome is copied or doubles.

• When a segment of a chromosome breaks and attaches to a non homologous chromosome.

• When entire chromosomes don't separate evenly during meiosis.