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WorksheetsGENE MUTATION
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
3'-GCT-5'
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-C-C-A-A
AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG
Mutant-
AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G
Base deletion
Base insertion
Base substitution
The mutated DNA segment is TTACGCAAC. This is an example of ___ mutation.
What kind of mutation is the result of an base insertion?
What type of mutation is this?
Nonsense mutation
Missense mutation
Silent mutation
Frameshift mutation
In sickle cell anaemia, what happens to the haemoglobin and to the red blood cells?
Stiff, Crescent shaped
Stiff, Round
Flexible, Crescent shaped
Flexible, Round
What type of mutation causing sickle cell anaemia?
Nonsense mutation cause by base substitution
Missense mutation cause by base substitution
Silent mutation cause by base substitution
Base Deletion
Base Insertion
Why are base insertion and base deletion mutations so harmful?
A permanent change in the DNA sequence
which can affect a single gene or group of genes
Homeostasis
Somatic Cell
Chromosomal Mutation
Gene Mutation
This type of base substitution codes for a stop codon
A type of base substitution in which no amino acids change is called
A nucleotide base is inserted or deleted shifting the entire DNA sequence. Entire protein will be changed.
Substitution Mutation
Silent Mutation
Frameshift Mutation
Translocation
Errors during DNA replication, repair or recombination can lead to base-pair
substitutions. Such changes are called ____________________
A. conditional mutations.
A. mutagens.
spontaneous mutations
A. saltatory changes.
