Mutation Review 1

a change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA  (base code i.e. ATTCG to ATTTG)

• is a mutation

• Is a disease

• is an epigenetic change
• always leads to a permanent change in DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

which of the following mutations results in the loss or addition of a single nucleotide, changing the DNA triplets

• missense
• nonsense
• frameshift
• silent

What do mutations change?

• DNA code

• Chromosomes pairs

• Number of genes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• Point Mutation

• Silent

• Insertion
• Frameshift 

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Inversion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

• Insertions only
• Substitution only
• Deletion only
• Insertions and Deletions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Gene: ABCDEF
Mutation: ACEFCD
What mutation occurred?

• deletion
• substitution
• inversion
• insertion

What are the building blocks of proteins called?

• DNA
• RNA
• Ribosomes
• Amino Acids

In RNA, Adenine bonds with ______________.

• Guanine - G

• Uracil - U

• Cytosine - C

• Adenine - A

Guanine bonds with ______________.

• Adenine
• Guanine
• Cytosine
• Thymine