Mutations
Quiz by Jennifer Faulknor
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- Q1any change in a gene or chromosomemutation30s
- Q2mutation that substitutes 1 nucleotide for anotherpoint mutation30s
- Q3mutation that inserts or deletes a nucleotideframeshift mutation30s
- Q4changes the size of the chromosomes resulting in multiple copies of a geneduplication30s
- Q5pieces of non homologous chromosomes exchange segmentstranslocation30s
- Q6chromosomes do not separate correctly resulting in 1 or 3 rather than the normal 2nondisjunction30s
- Q7chemicals that cause mutations such as UV radiation and cigarette smokemutagen30s
- Q8all the cells of your body except the sex cellssomatic cells30s
- Q9sex cells, sperm and egggametes30s
- Q10A mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid created. It goes unnoticed.silent mutation30s
- Q11changes a normal codon into a stop codonnonsense mutation30s
- Q12a substitution that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acidmissense mutation30s