Understanding Mutations and Their Effects

Explain how mutations can be both beneficial and harmful to organisms.

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Analyzing

A mutation that changes a codon to a stop codon can result in an ___ protein.

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Analyzing

Describe the process of how a frameshift mutation can affect protein synthesis.

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Understanding

Discuss the role of mutations in the process of evolution.

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Applying

Mutations that do not change the amino acid sequence of a protein are called ___ mutations.

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Understanding

A substitution mutation involves swapping one ___ in the DNA sequence for another.

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Applying

Mutations can occur when cells ___ and make copies of themselves.

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Understanding

Mutations are a natural part of ​ (a)   . They can introduce new ​ (b)   into a population, which can help organisms ​ (c)   to their environment over time. While some mutations can cause​ (d)   conditions, others can be​ (e)   or have no effect at all.

• variations
• adapt
• genetic
• beneficial
• evolution

Match the mutation with the descirption

• inserts a stop codon randomly

• insertation

• results in amino acid substitution

• nonsense

• has not effect on amino acids

• missense

• delete nucleotide resulting in frameshif

• silent

• insert nucleotide resulting in frameshif

• deletion

Select the missense mutation.