Mutation

Question 1

What are mutations

Answer 1

changes in the genetic material of the cell

Question 2

what are point mutations and what can it do

Answer 2

changes in just one base pair of a gene
can lead to the wrong amino acid being made

Question 3

types of point mutations

Answer 3

base pair substitutions
base pair deletions and insertions

Question 4

What is a base pair substitution

Answer 4

One base pair is replaced by another
ex
AGTTA
TCAAT
to
AATTA
TTAAT

Question 5

Mutation that doesn’t have an effect because of the redundancy of the genetic code

Answer 5

Silent mutation

Question 6

Will code for an amino acid just not the same one

Answer 6

missense mutation

Question 7

Will code for a stop codon, almost always makes a non functional protein

Answer 7

nonsense mutation

Question 8

What is insertion and deletion

Answer 8

Adding an extra base pair
or taking away a base pair
they have a disastrous effect more often than substitutions

Question 9

What causes a frameshift mutation

Answer 9

Insertion and deletion mutation