Point Mutation

What is it called when a point substitution mutation has no effect?

• Substitution Mutation

• No Mutation

• Silent Mutation

What does a missense mutation do?

• Change one amino acid to a stop codon.

• Change one amino acid to a different amino acid.

• Change one amino acid to a start codon.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A point mutation in which the amino acid does not change.

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Deletion

• Silent mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A mutation that does NOT show up through protein function is called

• deletion mutation

• inversion mutation

• silent mutation

• transverse mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This type of substitution codes for a stop codon

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Silent

• Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A type of substitution in which no amino acids change is called

• Missense

• Nonsense

• Silent

• Deletion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG
The mutated DNA segment is TTACGCAAC. This is an example of ___ mutation.

• Base Substitution

• Base Insertion

• Base Inversion

• Translocation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

• transgenic shift

• Single Genotype

• Monohybrid Trait

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a point mutation?

• A change in a single nucleotide base pair in DNA

• A change in the number of chromosomes

• A change in the structure of a chromosome

• A change in the entire DNA sequence

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which type of point mutation results in a premature stop codon?

• Silent mutation

• Missense mutation

• Nonsense mutation

• Frameshift mutation