DNA Mutations Review

The loss of a piece of a chromosome

• nondisjunction

• deletion

• duplication

• translocation

• inversion

A section of the chromosome is copied

• nondisjunction

• deletion

• duplication

• translocation

• inversion

The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis

• nondisjunction

• deletion

• duplication

• translocation

• inversion

A piece of a chromosome breaks off, flips around, and reattaches

• nondisjunction

• deletion

• duplication

• translocation

• inversion

One piece of chromosome breaks off and travels to another non-homologous chromosome

• nondisjunction

• deletion

• duplication

• translocation

• inversion

Which of the following is a result of a nondisjunction?

• Klinefleter syndrome

• Sickle cell anemia

• Cystic fibrosis

• Hemophilia

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following best describes the cause of cystic fibrosis?

• a mutated blood clotting protein

• a mutated transport protein

• an extra 21st chromosome

• an extra 13th chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is an autosomal recessive disorder?

• Huntington's disease

• sickle cell anemia

• colorblindness

• Hemophilia

Which of the following is a autosomal dominant disorder?

• Huntington's

• Cystic fibrosis

• Hemophilia

• Sickle cell anemia

Which of the following is a sex-linked disorder?

• Hemophilia

• Sickle cell anemia

• Cystic fibrosis

• Huntington's