HHB FLAHCARDS1.4 Mutations

What types of mutation cause a frameshift & will change all amino acids after the mutation?

• deletion & substitution
• deletion & insertion
• nonsense & insertion
• nonsense & missense

What type of single gene mutation occurs when one nucleotide is replaced by another?

• insertion
• substitution
• deletion
• translocation

What type of chromosome mutation results in removal of genes?

• duplication
• deletion
• translocation
• inversion

What type of mutation replaces one amino acid with another usually causing a minor impact on the person?

• missense
• nonsense

What type of single gene mutation occurs when a nucleotide is removed from a DNA sequence?

• insertion
• substitution
• deletion
• translocation

What type of chromosome mutation results in a sequence of repeated genes?

• deletion
• duplication
• translocation
• inversion

Which type of mutations have more substantial changes, which often make them lethal?

• Single gene mutations

• Chromosome Mutations

What type of mutation results in production of a stop codon causing a major impact?

• missense
• nonsense

What type of chromosome mutation results in genes becoming attached to a different chromosome?

• deletion
• translocation
• inversion
• duplication

A chromosome mutation alters the ...?

• structure or number of chromosomes
• order of bases