Mutations

Question 1

3 causes of mutations?

Answer 1

UV light
Drugs
Radiation

Question 2

Sex cells??

Body cells??

Answer 2

Gametes

Somatic

Question 3

2 general types of mutations?

Answer 3

Deletion

Duplication

Question 4

Gradual deterioration of brain tissue in middle age

Answer 4

Huntington’s disease

Question 5

Failure to blood clot

Answer 5

Hemophilia

Question 6

Recessive gene that mucus clogs lungs

Answer 6

Cystic fibrosis

Question 7

Common of African descent of poor blood circulation

Answer 7

Sickle cell anemia

Question 8

Recessive gene that causes degeneration of muscle fibers

Answer 8

Muscular dystrophy

Question 9

Cartilage doesnt convert to bone that makes dwarfism, short stature

Answer 9

Achondroplasia

Question 10

Has an extra chromosome in pair 21 that makes short stature, lower eyelids, mental disabilities

Answer 10

Down’s syndrome

Question 11

Extra chromosome in 23rd pair of long limbs, sparse hair, underdeveloped genitalia, sterile,

Answer 11

Klinefelters syndrome

Question 12

Missing an X chromosome in pair 23 that makes short stature, webbed neck, sterile

Answer 12

Turners syndrome

Question 13

Piece of the chromosome breaks off

Answer 13

Deletion

Question 14

Piece of chromosome is doubled

Answer 14

Duplication

Question 15

Piece of chromosome breaks off and reattached reversed

Answer 15

Inversion

Question 16

Piece of chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome

Answer 16

Translocation

Question 17

Missing a whole chromosome or having an extra whole chromosome

Answer 17

Non-disjunction

Question 18

Occurs with a change in one nucleotide

Answer 18

Gene

Question 19

Different nucleotide

Answer 19

Substitution

Question 20

Extra nucleotide added

Answer 20

Addition

Question 21

Lose a nucleotide

Answer 21

Removal

Question 22

A change in the genetic material

Answer 22

Mutation