DNA Mutations

Question 1

Results in changing one amino acid to a different amino acid

Answer 1

Missense

Question 2

Results in changing one codon to a stop codon

Answer 2

Nonsense

Question 3

Results in a codon that codes for the same amino acid

Answer 3

Silent

Question 4

Insertion or deletion that results in a change in the reading frame, OR addition or removal of an entire codon

Answer 4

Frameshift

Question 5

Three bases that are normally repeated in tandem become amplified–final protein contains too many copies of one specific AA

Answer 5

Trinucleotide repeat