NGSS.MS-LS3-1

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

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Normal-
GAG-CTC-GAC-AGA
Mutant
GAG CTC-CAC-AGA

• no mutation
• substitution
• insertion
• deletion

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Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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A normal sequence of DNA bases in a single human skin cell is CATGGC. If this sequence replicates in this cell and becomes GATGGC, this alteration will most likely be passed to

• every cell that develops from it
• all human body cells
• offspring of the human
• all skin cells of this person

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Are all mutations bad?

• Yes
• No

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The factors that control a trait

• genetics
• trait
• gene
• alleles

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Is a scar a mutation

• Yes
• No

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A permanent change in the DNA sequence

which can affect a single gene or group of genes

• Homeostasis

• Somatic Cell

• Chromosomal Mutation

• Gene Mutation

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In science, mutations are

• The reason the X-Men exist

• Genetically engineered creatures that you fight in the Hunger Games

• A change in the DNA of an organism that produces new traits

• Always helpful for survival

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A mutation cannot be inherited.

• True

• False

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