Mutations BONUS

If UCU is changed to UCC, this is a _______________________________.

• silent mutation

• missense mutation

• nonsense mutation

• frameshift mutation

Which of the following mutations would be the most likely to affect the resulting protein?

• substitution

• silent mutation

• frameshift mutation

• all mutations affect the resulting protein

If part of the chromosome is turned around in the opposite direction this is called:

• inversion

• translocation

• deletion

• duplication

Part of a chromosome

is deleted

• Deletion Mutation-Gene

• Translocation

• Deletion Mutation -Chromosomal

• Crossing Over

The bottom DNA sequence in the image has been altered by this type of mutation

• substitution

• insertion

• deletion

• translocation

A point mutation where one nucleotide base replaces an original nucleotide base

• Inversion Mutation

• Chromosomal Mutation

• Translocation

• Substitution Mutation

If a point mutation does not change the order of the amino acid sequence, this is called a:

• nonsense mutation

• silent mutation

• missense mutation

• frameshift mutation