Mutations in Genetics

A mutation that has NO effect on an organism's ability to survive and reproduce

• harmful mutation

• helpful mutation

• neutral mutation

This guy has a rare mutation. Is this mutation helpful, harmful, or neutral to the crocodile?

• Harmful

• Helpful

• Neutral

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In genetic …………………is an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the genome

• Mutation

• Segregation

• Transformation

• None of the Above

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What type of mutation involves substituting a DNA base with a different base but still forms the same protein?

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• silent mutation

• chromosomal mutation

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Why would a frameshift be more harmful?

• It changes all the code downstream

• Only one nucleotide is changing

• All mutations are harmful

• It can't correct iself

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Mutations can be...

• Harmful

• Beneficial

• Neutral

• All of the Above

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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Mutations are always bad

• true

• false

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Identify which of the following is a genetic mutation disease..

• Common head cold

• Cystic fibrosis

• Heart attack

• Chicken pox

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What is a point mutation?

• A change in a single nucleotide

• A change in multiple nucleotides

• A deletion of a nucleotide

• An insertion of a nucleotide

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which type of mutation results in a premature stop codon?

• Missense mutation

• Nonsense mutation

• Silent mutation

• Frameshift mutation

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