H 1.6 Mutations

Mutations occur

• Randomly and at a high frequency

• Randomly and at a low frequency

Which of the following is not a Single Gene Mutation?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

• Duplication

Which mutation involves a single nucleotide being replaced with a different nucleotide?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Which mutation involves a single nucleotide being added into a DNA sequence?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Which mutation involves a single nucleotide being removed from a DNA sequence?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Select the form(s) of mutation that cause a frameshift mutation?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Select the form(s) of mutation that cause a missense effect

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Select the form(s) of mutation that cause a nonsense effect

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Which form of mutation effect is caused by the creation of a stop codon?

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Splice Site

• Frameshift

Which form of chromosome mutation involves duplicated genes attaching to a homologous chromosome?

• Duplication

• Deletion

• Inversion

• Translocation