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Quiz by georgia_rae, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by georgia_rae
almost 9 years ago
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Question 1
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What is a mutation?
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a physical problem
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a change in the DNA sequence
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something that has affected your appearance
Question 2
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what is the name of something that causes mutations?
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mutagens
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UV light
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chemicals
Question 3
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when can't the mutations be inherited by the offspring?
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occurs in the body cells - somatic mutation
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occurs in the sex cells - gametic mutation
Question 4
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what are the main types of mutations?
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substitution
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nonsense
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insertion
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deletion
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mutagens
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chromosomal
Question 5
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what are the types of substitution mutation?
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nonsense
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insertion
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silent
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missense
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deletion
Question 6
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what types of mutations causes frameshift?
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substitution
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insertion
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deletion
Question 7
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frameshift is when a base is inserted or deleted and causes the bases/triplets move along one. resulting in codons shifting so the amino acids are coded differently and overall the protein may not carry out the correct cellular function.
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- True
- False
Question 8
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what is nonsense?
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codes for a different amino acid
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codes for a stop codon
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the same amino acid, because of redundancy due to degeneracy
Question 9
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what is a silent mutation?
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code for a stop codon
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the same amino acid, because of redundancy due to degeneracy
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code for a different amino acid
Question 10
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what is missense?
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the same amino acid, because of redundancy due to degeneracy
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codes for a stop codon
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codes for a different amino acid
Question 11
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mutations can be only harmful
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- True
- False
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