Gene Mutation

Which type of mutation is most likely to have no effect on the protein produced?

• Missense mutation

• Nonsense mutation

• Silent mutation

• Frameshift mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a DNA sequence changes from TCG to TAG, what type of mutation has occurred?

• Missense mutation

• Nonsense mutation

• Silent mutation

• Frameshift mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following mutations involves the removal of a nucleotide from the DNA sequence?

• Insertion

• Deletion

• Substitution

• Duplication

A DNA sequence changes from GATTACA to GATTTACA. What type of mutation is this?

• Insertion

• Deletion

• Substitution

• Inversion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the result of a missense mutation?

• A change in a single amino acid in the protein

• A premature stop codon

• No change in the protein

• A shift in the reading frame

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

________ are changes in genetic material. 

• Genes

• Mutations

• Variations

• Biology

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Why are insertion and deletion mutations so harmful?

• They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence

• They insert things that an organism doesn't need.

• They often delete things that organisms need.

• Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which statement best explains why insertion and deletion (frameshift) mutations are so harmful?

• They change all of the codons from the mutation on down the line, which changes the amino acid sequence

• They insert things that an organism doesn't need.

• They often delete things that organisms need.

• Insertion and deletions are not any more harmful than substitution mutations.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation from the following DNA sequence: 
ATG CCA AAT

• ATG TCA AAT

• ATG CCT AAA T

• ATC CA  AT

• ATG CCA AAT

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Change of one base only in the sequence of bases in a gene.

• substitution

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• deletion

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2