Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 9QP
Define and compare the following types of
- a. missense mutation
- b. nonsense mutation
- c. sense mutation
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Which of the following mutations is NOT a point mutation?
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A mutation caused by a base deamination or a tautomerization is called a a. silent mutation b. transition mutation c. nonsense mutation d. missense mutation
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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- Two types of mutations discussed in this chapter are (1) nucleotide changes and (2) unstable genome regions that undergo dynamic changes. Describe each type of mutation.arrow_forwardWhich type of point mutation does not affect the resulting protein? a deletion b missense mutation c silent mutation d nonsense mutationarrow_forwardWhich of the following results in the same amino acid in its protein sequence? a. missense mutation b. sense mutation c. nonsense mutation d. antisense mutationarrow_forward
- What detection method could be used to determine the Mutation at a palindromic site and what results could be achieved from that?arrow_forwardWhat is a transposon? Explain why the insertion of a transposon into the DNA of a cell can lead to a mutationarrow_forwardWhat is the result of Frameshift mutations from the insertion or deletion of nucleotides within the coding sequence?arrow_forward
- Define the following terms: a. point mutation b. transition mutation c. transverse mutation d. silent mutation e. missense mutationarrow_forwardFor each altered nucleotide sequence give the type of mutation (effect at the DNA/nucleotide level; see #1 above)arrow_forwardWhich of the following types of mutations is represented in Table 1? a.) Insertions b.)Deletions c.) Point mutation d.) Transversion e.) Transitionarrow_forward
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