Mutations - Unit 1

Question 1

Thread-like structure containing genetic material and found in the nucleus

Answer 1

Chromosome

Question 2

Changes in DNA that can result in the absence of a protein or the production of an altered protein

Answer 2

Splice-Site Mutation

Question 3

Large molecules made up of chains of amino acids

Answer 3

Protein

Question 4

Changes of DNA due to a Substitution, insertion, or deletion

Answer 4

Mutation

Question 5

Single gene mutation where an additional nucleotide is placed into a sequence

Answer 5

Insertion Mutation

Question 6

Single gene mutation where one nucleotide is removed from a sequence

Answer 6

Deletion

Question 7

SIngle gene mutation where one nucleotide replaces another

Answer 7

Substitution

Question 8

Substitution mutation which results in a codon for a different amino acid

Answer 8

Missense

Question 9

Substitution mutation which results in a stop codon being produced

Answer 9

Nonsense

Question 10

Mutation at a point where coding and non-coding regions meet

Answer 10

Single gene mutation

Question 11

Gene mutation where all the amino acids coded for after the mutation are affected

Answer 11

Frameshift

Question 12

Chromosome mutation where a sequence of genes is lost

Answer 12

Deletion

Question 13

Chromosome mutation where a section of a chromosome is added from its homologous partner

Answer 13

Duplication

Question 14

Chromosome mutation where a set of genes flips around

Answer 14

Inversion

Question 15

Chromosome mutation where part of a chromosome becomes attached to another (not its homologous partner)

Answer 15

Translocation