Mutations Vocabulary

the loss or absence of a section from a nucleic acid molecule or chromosome.

• anticodon

• codon

• deletion mutation

• chromosomal mutation

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An environmental agent that increases the rate of mutation

• genetic code

• mutagenic agent (Mutagen)

• mutation

• point mutation

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affects only a single base pair in DNA or RNA, can change a codon, which changes one amino acids

• genetic code

• mutagenic agent (Mutagen)

• mutation

• point mutation

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What is a mutation?

• A type of candy

• A change in a DNA sequence

• A new type of animal

• A dance move

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A mutation that changes an amino acid codon to one of the three stop codons, resulting in a shorter and usually nonfunctional protein.

• translation

• transcription

• nonsense mutation

• missense mutation

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A base-pair substitution that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.

• translation

• transcription

• nonsense mutation

• missense mutation

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A mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid created.

• silent mutation

• gel electrophoresis

• cloning

• gene therapy

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Mutation that shifts the "reading frame" of the genetic message by inserting or deleting nucleotides

• restriction enzymes

• frameshift mutation

• insertion mutation

• substitution mutation

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a mutation in which one or more nucleotides are added to a gene

• restriction enzymes

• frameshift mutation

• insertion mutation

• substitution mutation

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point mutation in which one nitrogenous base (nucleotide) is changed to another

• restriction enzymes

• frameshift mutation

• insertion mutation

• substitution mutation

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