Changes in DNA Vocab

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Mutation affecting one nucleotide in a gene

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Point mutation

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Mutation causing misreading of amino acids due to nucleotide insertion/deletion

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frameshift mutation

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Mutation adding extra base pair(s) to sequence

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insertion mutation

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Mutation exchanging one base for another

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substitution mutation

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Mutation that changes nothing:

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silent mutation

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Mutation with missing DNA sections

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Deletion mutation

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Mutation that changes an amino acid codon to a STOP codon

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nonsense mutation

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Mutation alters codon to produce an altered amino acid.

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missense mutation

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Mutation where chromosome sections are flipped.

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translocation mutation

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Mutation where a chromosome segment breaks, flips, and reattaches.

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inversion