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mutations
Question | Answer |
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What are some factors that can cause genetic mutations? | smoking, radiation exposure |
What changes in the DNA cause frameshift mutations to occur? | if a nucleotide is inserted or deleted |
What changes in the DNA cause point mutations to occur? | if a nucleotide is changed or replaced |
Which usually disrupts the encoded protein more: a frameshift mutation or a point mutation? | frameshift mutation |
Which of the mutations in #8-10 would be the most harmful? Why do you say so? Which would be the least harmful? Why do you say so? | it would be harmful if the red G was deleted |