Mutations Flashcards
Point
Single base pair changed insertion / addition Deletion Substitution Most common
Bigger
Translocation
Deletion
More than single base pair
Inversion
Mutations
DNA had changed
Wild type
No mutated
Mutations three categories
Chemical energy
high energy radiation
Some viruses
Examples of high energy radiation
X rays
Ultra violent sunlight
Examples of viruses
HIV
HIV
Cause surgical cancer
Example of chemical
Gasoline, darkened meat, hot dog (nitrates turned to nitrosmein, hair dye
Carcinogen
Cause cancer
Carcenoman
Type of cancer
Inversion
Piece of DNA out own DNA and reinsert upside down or opposite directions
Deletion
Piece of DNA break off, is lost
Examples of deletion (bigger)
5 million base pair lost, autism
Effects of deletion and addition
Cause frame to shift = different amino acid sequence