Mutations Key Concepts

What is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• None of the above

• Lactose tolerance

• Cancer

• Hemophilia

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What happens when the amino acid sequence coded by a gene is altered?

• This situation has never occurred.

• Nothing changes; the correct proteins are still made.

• A defective protein is produced, causing a mutation.

• The amino acid sequence is corrected by the lysosomes.

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What is an example of a neutral mutation?

• A disease

• None of the above

• A change in eye color

• Lactose tolerance

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Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions.

• Protein

• Mutation

• Genotype

• Chromosome

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The genetic makeup of an organism.

• Protein

• Genotype

• Chromosome

• Genes

What is a mutation?

• A temporary change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• Bacteria that attack the DNA inside a cell

• A permanent change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• A virus that attacks the DNA inside a cell

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The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA.

• Genotype

• Genes

• Protein

• Mutation

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What kind of mutations exist in humans?

• Harmful

• Neutral

• Beneficial

• All of these

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A change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome.

• Protein

• Genotype

• Chromosome

• Mutation

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Chromosome

• The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA.

• A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA.

• The genetic makeup of an organism.

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions.

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