Mutations

What causes mutations?

• Mistakes in replication or environmental substances
• The amino acids
• Passed down by genetics
• It's how your born

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What type of chromosomal mutation is this?

• Inversion
• Translocation
• Deletion
• Duplication

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Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

• Insertions only
• Substitution only
• Deletion only
• Insertions and Deletions

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What type of chromosomal mutation is this?

• Translocation
• Inversion
• Deletion
• Duplication

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Why is the order of amino acids so important?

• The order of amino acids dictates what shape the protein will fold into.
• It is not important. The protein folding chamber will force the protein to fold into the correct shape.

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Why does DNA replication have to occur?

• So that it can fix any mistakes the cell made during division

• So that the cell can get bigger

• So that each new cell will have a exact duplicate copy of chromosomes after mitosis

• So that each cell has a back-up copy of its DNA

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Identify the mutation in the picture.

• Inversion
• Duplication
• Deletion
• Translocation

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Mutations are only passed on to offspring when they happen in 

• somatic cells
• gamete cells
• prokaryotic cells
• the mitochondria

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If a mutation occurs in an expressed gene, it will most directly affect the structure of a cell's

• ATP
• proteins
• energy source
• membrane

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Would a mutation in the DNA of a skin cell be passed on to an organism's offspring?

• Yes, because any change to the DNA is passed on to the offspring
• Maybe. Sex cells only use half of the body's genetic code. It might get the copy of a gene that wasn't mutated.
• No. Only mutations that occur in the gametes (sex cells) are passed on to the offspring
• Without knowing the animal, it would be hard to tell whether or not the mutation would be passed on.

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