MUTATION1

What are the DNA complementary bases of the following: ATC-GTG-CCC?

• AUG-CAC-GGG

• AUG-TAT-GGG

• TAG-CAC-GGG

• TAG-TAT-GGG

What is the collective term for “agents of mutations”?

• GMO's

• mutagens

• mutants

• transgenic

Which of the following is NOT a mutagen?

• alcohol and drugs

• cigarrete smoke

• radiation

• vitamins

The original strand of DNA looks like this ACGTCTCGA, the mutated strand

looks like this ACGTCTACGA. What type of mutation is this?

• deletion

• frameshift mutation

• insertion

• nonsense mutation

What do you call the point mutation that changes a codon specifying an amino

acid into a stop codon?

• deletion mutation

• frameshift mutation

• missense mutation

• nonsense mutation

Changing the codon from AGC to AGA represents a ____ mutation.

• deletion

• frameshift

• missense

• nonsense

Gene mutation occurs at the time of ________________.

• cell division

• DNA repair

• DNA replication

• RNA transcription

Point mutation involves ________________.

• change in single base pair

• deletion

• duplication

• insertion

Sickle cell anemia is a disease that affects red blood cells. This is the result of

a mutation called __________.

• deletion

• insertion

• nonsense mutation

• substitution

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a recessive inherited disorder that is associated with thick,

sticky mucus in the lungs and trouble breathing, salty sweat, infertility in certain

individuals, and a shortened life expectancy. This is the result of a mutation called

__________.

• deletion

• insertion

• nonsense mutation

• substitution