Mutations

Mutations can be negative because

• They can cause cancer

• They can cause birth defects

• They can help an organism thrive in its environment.

• They can affect offspring.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Where do mutations occur?

• DNA and RNA
• DNA 
• RNA
• mRNA and tRNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What causes mutations?

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

• translation
• transcription
• replication

What process is going on in this photo? 

• Transcription 
• Translation 
• Replication 
• All the above 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

original chromosome
ABC-DEF
mutated chromosome
ABBC-DEF

• duplication
• point
• frameshift

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

original chromosome
ABC-DEF
mutated chromosome
AED-CBF

• duplication
• translocation
• inversion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

DNA molecule segment is : TTA CGC AAG

The mutated DNA segment is TTA CGC AAC. This is an example of ___ mutation.

• Base Substitution

• Base Insertion

• Base Inversion

• Translocation

ATTTGAGCC- Original
ATTGAGCC - Mutated
The example above is an example of a 

• Insertion- Frameshift
• Deletion- Substitution
• Deletion -Frameshift
• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Frameshift 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2