Nat5 Mutations
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| What are mutations? | random change to DNA BASES /genetic information.
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| How do mutations occur? | Mutations occur randomly and at low frequency.
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| What are the three possible consecquence of mutation? | Mutations can be disadvantageous (genetic disease), advantageous or neither.
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| What is Down syndrome? | Down syndrome is a condition caused by an individual having 3 copies of chromosome 21.
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| Name a medical condition that is caused by genetic mutations | Cancer
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| What is an allele? | A version of a gene (e.g. blue eyes or brown eyes)
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| What is the only process leads to new alleles being created? | Mutation
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| New alleles lead to an increase or decrease in biodiversity | increase in biodiversity
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| Advantageous mutations are more or less common than disadvantageous mutations | advantageous mutations are less common
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| Advantageous mutations can get established in a population by | natural selection.
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| What are adaptations? | Features that organisms have, occurring often after a mutation that increase their chance of survival.
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| What are the types of adaptation? | Structural (e.g. snail shell) OR Behavioural (e.g. fox is nocturnal)
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| What are mutagenic agents? | Agents that increase the likelihood of a mutation occurring
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| Name 4 examples of mutagenic agent? | Radiation, mustard gas, UV light & high temperatures.
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