Types of Mutations

What type of chromosomal mutation removes genes and then re-attaches the genes backwards?

• Duplication

• Inversion

• Deletion

• Translocation

What is it called when a point mutation messes up several amino acids?

• Chromosomal Mutation

• Reading Frame Mutation

• Frameshift Mutation

• Amino Acid Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What point mutation removes one base?

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Substitution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is it called when a point substitution mutation has no effect?

• Substitution Mutation

• No Mutation

• Silent Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What does a nonsense mutation do?

• Change one amino acid to a stop codon.

• Change one amino acid to a different amino acid.

• Change one amino acid to a start codon.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is mutagenesis?

• Multiple mutations.

• The production of mutations.

• Mutations that are gene specific.

• The study of mutations.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What point mutation adds one base?

• Substitution

• Deletion

• Insertion

What point mutation changes one base?

• Substitution

• Insertion

• Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of mutation changes the structure of chromosomes?

• Multiple Point Mutations

• Chromosomal Mutation

• Structural Mutation

What type of chromosomal mutation gains a copy of the same genes it already has?

• Duplication

• Inversion

• Deletion

• Translocation