Module 37 - Mutations Flashcards

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Transposition

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A process by which movable DNA sequences can move around the genome, leaving one place and inserting into another

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Polyploidy

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Having more than two sets of chromosomes

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Triploid

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Having three sets of chromosomes

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Mutagens

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Agents that increase the probability of a mutation

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Horizontal gene transfer

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When a cell receives DNA from another cell that is not its parent cell

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Conjugation

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Direct cell-to-cell transfer of DNA

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Transformation

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When DNA released to the environment by cell breakdown is taken up by other cells

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Transduction

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Horizontal gene transfer through viruses (for example, a cell receives DNA from a virus that also contains DNA from a different cell)

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