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mutations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is mutation? | a change in genetic material |
| germ cell mutations are? | inherited |
| substitution only effects? | amino acid |
| insertions have a extra what? | nuceotide |
| what is duplication? | part of the chromosome is copied and added to the chromosome |
| what is deletion? | part of the chromosome are lost from the chromosome |
| what is inversion? | a peice of the chromosome is snipped out and then reattached? |
| what is translation? | a piece of one chromosome is attached to another chromosome. |
| the kargest change in the DNAnof an organism is the change of what? | number of chromosome |
| only one of some homologous pair in? | Monosomic errors |
| what is areaploid? | having an abnormal number of some chromosome |
| meiosis begin with how many diploid germ cell? | one doploid germ |
| what is the most common observable condition in humans? | down syndrome |
| one type of chromosomal mutation in plants if called? | polyplody |
| the primary cause of these irregular chromosome numbers is? | nondisjunction? |
| what is gene mutations? | mutations that produce changes in single gene |
| substitution only effects? | single amino acid |
| deletions are always missing what? | nucleotide |
| Germ cell m=mutations are incorporated into what? | gametes. |
| what is somatic? | mutation only affects the cells. |