Mutations

What are genes?

• Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells

• Blueprints that encode information for the production of proteins in an organism

• The control center of the cell

• Amino acids

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Mutations can change proteins which affect -

• Structures of traits only

• Only one cell in the body

• The behavior of organisms

• Structures and functions of traits of organisms

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

• Nothing changes; the correct proteins are still made.

• The amino acid sequence is corrected by the lysosomes.

• A defective protein is produced, causing a mutation.

• This situation has never occurred.

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What kind of mutations exist in humans?

• Beneficial Mutations

• Harmful Mutations

• Neutral Mutations

• All of the Above

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What is a Chromosome?

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

• A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA

• A change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome

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

This means producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous

• Beneficial

• Harmful

• Neutral

• Mutations

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What is a protein?

• Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous

• A change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome

• Biomolecules made of amino acids that perform biological functions

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

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What is a mutation?

• A virus that attacks the DNA inside a cell

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

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

• Bacteria that attack the DNA inside a cell

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What is an example of a neutral mutation?

• A change in eye color

• Lactose tolerance

• A disease

• None of the above

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What is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• Cancer

• Hemophilia

• Lactose Tolerance

• None of the Above

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