Mutation Flashcards

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Define genetic Mutation?

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Mutations are the changes to the base sequence of DNA and are caused by errors in DNA replications.

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what types of errors can occur during DNA replication?

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Types of errors:
-Substitution
-Deletion
-Insertion
-Duplication
-Inversion

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what determines the order of amino acid in a particular?

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the order of DNA bases.

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what is altered if mutation in a gene occurs?

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the primary structure ( sequence of amino acids)

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