Genetic Mutation

Any difference between the individuals in a species or groups of organisms of any species.

• Mutation

• Proteins

• Variation

• Gene

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Physical features shared due to evolutionary history (a common ancestor) are said to be homologous.

• Evolutionary History

• Gene

• Gene Pool

• Proteins

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Refers to the combination of all the genes (including alleles) present in a reproducing population or species.

• Gene

• Gene Pool

• Mutation

• Proteins

A thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

• Protein

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Gene Pool

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• Gene

• Gene Pool

• Chromosome

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A change in the DNA sequence of an organism. Mutations can result from errors in DNA replication during cell division, exposure to mutagens or a viral infection.

• Gene

• Protein

• Gene Pool

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Large, complex molecules that play many important roles in the body.

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Protein

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Removing a base.

• Inversion

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Point Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Reversing a sequence of bases.

• Substitution

• Inversion

• Insertion

• Deletion

Adding a base.

• Deletion

• Inversion

• Point Mutation

• Insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2