AP Biology Unit 6.4: Mutation

A change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA

• is a mutation

• can be a mutation or an epigenetic change

• is an epigenetic change

• always leads to a permanent change in DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is caused by the loss or addition of a single nucleotide, changing the DNA triplets from that point on

• missense

• nonsense

• frameshift

• silent

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Frameshift 

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Inversion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What type of chromosomal mutation is this?

• Inversion

• Translocation

• Deletion

• Duplication

Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

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

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Gene: ABCDEF

Mutation: ABCFED

What mutation occurred?

• deletion

• substitution

• inversion

• insertion

What are the building blocks of proteins called?

• DNA
• RNA
• Ribosomes
• Amino Acids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

In DNA, Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine
• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Adenine

Guanine always bonds with ______________.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Thymine