Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134153742
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 3MC
An insertion mutation occurs when
a
nucleotide is replaced by a different nucleotide.one or more nucleotide pairs are added in the middle of DNA.
one or more nucleotides are removed from the middle of DNA.
a piece of DNA is removed from one chromosome and attached to a different chromosome.
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Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Ch. 12 - 1. If a parental DNA strand has the base sequence...Ch. 12 - 2. What happens at the conclusion of DNA...Ch. 12 - An insertion mutation occurs when a nucleotide is...Ch. 12 - The rungs of the DNA double helix consist of any...Ch. 12 - The “rungs” of the DNA double helix are held...Ch. 12 - 1. DNA consists of subunits called_________. Each...Ch. 12 - The subunits of DNA are assembled by linking...Ch. 12 - The “base pairing rule” in DNA is that adenine...Ch. 12 - 4. When DNA is replicated, two new DNA double...Ch. 12 - The DNA double helix is unwound by an enzyme...
Ch. 12 - 6. Sometimes mistakes are made during DNA...Ch. 12 - Describe the experimental evidence that DNA is the...Ch. 12 - 2. Draw the general structure of a nucleotide....Ch. 12 - Describe the structure of DNA. Where are the...Ch. 12 - How is information encoded in the DNA molecule?Ch. 12 - 5. Describe the process of DNA replication.
Ch. 12 - How do mutations occur? Describe the principal...Ch. 12 - 1. In an alternate universe, although proteins are...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2AC
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