Mutation

Question 1

Gene

Answer 1

a small section of D.N.A that codes for the production of a single unique protein .

Question 2

Gene mutation

Answer 2

Change involving the nucleotides of D.N.A .

Question 3

Point mutation

Answer 3

Gene mutation that affects a single nucleotide .

Question 4

Chromosomal mutation

Answer 4

Change in the number and structure of chromosomes .

Question 5

Deletion mutation

Answer 5

a piece of chromosome breaks off and is lost hundred of genes are lost in one of the sex cells created .

Question 6

Inversion mutation

Answer 6

A piece that is broken and reattaches upside down.

Question 7

Translocation mutation

Answer 7

a piece broken and reattached to a different chromosome

Question 8

Nondisjunction mutation -

Answer 8

Part of a chromosome that fails to separate .ex
22+23=25
24+23=47
ex down syndrome

Question 9

Frameshift mutation

Answer 9

gene mutation involving an addition or deletion that alters every codon from the point of mutation on .