Changes in DNA Vocab

A mutation that changes only one small area or one nucleotide in a gene

• insertion mutation

• point mutation

• silent mutation

• nondisjunction mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation that occurs when the number of nucleotides inserted or deleted causes a misreading of amino acids from that point

• point mutation

• silent mutation

• missense mutation

• frameshift mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation in which extra base pair(s) is added to sequence

• inversion mutation

• duplication mutation

• insertion mutation

• deletion mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation that exchanges one base for another

• substitution mutation

• silent mutation

• deletion mutation

• duplication mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This mutation does not change anything

• deletion mutation

• missense mutation

• nonsense mutation

• silent mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation where section of DNA are missing

• missense mutation

• deletion mutation

• nonsense mutation

• insertion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This mutation changes a codon that specifies an amino acid to one of the STOP codons

• nonsense mutation

• missense mutation

• inversion mutation

• nondisjunction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This mutation alters the codon so as to produce an altered amino acid in the protein product

• substitution mutation

• inversion mutation

• duplication mutation

• missense mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This mutation base pairs or sections of chromosome are flipped.

• duplication mutation

• insertion mutation

• translocation mutation

• nondisjunction

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This mutation occurs when a part of the chromosome breaks off, flips around, and becomes reattached.

• nondisjunction

• translocation

• inversion

• duplication

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2