DNA Mutations Lesson

Original:   ATC CAT
Mutation: ATC GCA T
What mutation occurred?

• deletion
• insertion
• silent
• transverse

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Original DNA: CAT RAT
New      DNA: CAT AT
What mutation occurred?

• deletion
• substitution 
• tranverse
• insertion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Gene:         ABC
New Gene: BBC
What mutation

• deletion
• insertion
• substitution
• transversion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

• transgenic shift
• Single Genotype
• Monohybrid Trait
• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• Substitution
• Deletion
• Insertion
• Frameshift 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• no mutation
• substitution
• insertion
• deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What happens in Inversion?

• The chromosome is repeated 
• The chromosome is deleted
• A section of the chromosome gets flipped and is read backward.
• they start to cross-over

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Normal-
AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG
Mutant-
AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G

• deletion frameshift
• insertion frameshift
• substitution
• nonsense

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What causes mutations?

• Mistakes in replication or environmental substances
• The amino acids
• Passed down by genetics
• It's how your born

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Are all mutations bad?

• Yes
• No

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4