Gene Mutations

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9th grade Biology Mind Map on Gene Mutations, created by Jordyn K on 03/02/2015.
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Mind Map by Jordyn K, updated more than 1 year ago
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Gene Mutations
  1. Point Mutations
    1. Substitution
      1. Silent Mutation
        1. Nitrogenous base is changed but not the amino acid
        2. Missense
          1. Both the nitrogenous base and amino acid are changed.
          2. Nonsense
            1. A stop codon is prematurely coded for.
          3. Frameshift Mutations
            1. Insertion
              1. One base is inserted into the DNA. Changes are dramatic.
              2. Deletion
                1. One base is deleted from the DNA sequence. Changes are dramatic.
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