Which of the illustrations above represents a substitution mutation?
Which of the illustrations above represents a substitution mutation?
Which of the following mutations would have the GREATEST affect on the amino acid sequence of a protein?
What is a mutation?
Match the type of DNA mutation on the left with its definition on the right.
USE EACH ITEM ONLY 1 TIME!!!
Deletion
Substitution
Insertion
A base is removed
One base is switched for another
A base is added
Which of the illustrations above represents a substitution mutation?
Which of the illustrations above represents a deletion resulting in a frameshift mutation?
Which of the illustrations above would cause the greatest change in the protein synthesized?
Different types of mutations can occur in DNA. The diagram represents a type of mutation:
Which statement describes the mutation in the diagram?
Sickle-shaped red blood cells result from a mutation in the gene that codes for hemoglobin. This mutation results in sickle-cell anemia. A partial sequence of bases from a normal hemoglobin gene and a sequence that results in sickle-cell anemia are shown below.
What type of mutation is depicted in this sequence?
There are 64 possible codons listed on a Codon Chart; however, there are only 20 amino acids.
Which of the following is TRUE?
The model below shows a mutation to a partial sequence of bases in a gene.
Which type of mutation does the model demonstrate?
