Topic one mutations

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a disease that occurs due to a mutation that causes abnormal cell growth

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cancer

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a permanent change in DNA

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mutation

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a mass of cancerous cells

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tumor

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a DNA change that occurs at a single nucleotide

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Point mutation

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a mutation that does not result in a different amino acid sequence in the protein being assembled

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silent mutation

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a DNA change that causes a nucleotide to be added or deleted from a sequence, shifting the codons over by one letter

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Frameshift mutation

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a DNA change that affects an entire chromosome

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chromosomal mutation

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a point mutation in which a Single nucleotide is substituted for a different nucleotide

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substitution

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A frameshift mutation in which a nucleotide is removed from a sequence

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deletion

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a frameshift mutation in which a nucleotide is added to a sequence

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insertion

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a frameshift or chromosomal mutation in which an entire sequence of DNA is copied and added to the sequence

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duplication

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any factor that causes mutations

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mutagen

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A mutation that occurs in a body cell and cannot be passed on to offspring

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body cell mutation

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a mutation that occurs in a reproductive cell and can be passed in to offspring

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sex cell mutation