UNIT 3B MUTATION NOTES
Name: ______________________________________ Period: ________ Date: _____________
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nucletic acid
genetic material
Mutation is a change in ____________
___________, specifically in ___________
rna and ________.
___________ like _____
dna
animals
protisit
plants
Mutations could be ________________, ______________
and ________________.
chromosome
There are 2 types of mutations: ________________
and _______________.
gene
1. Gene Mutation:
Happen in a specific
gene: dna
a. Point mutation
(Frameshift): Change
in a few DNA
_______________
bases (nucleic acid),
as an example:
adenine
_______________
guanine
_______________
thymine
_______________.
2. Chromosomal Mutation: happen in
different segments of the
long segment of dna
______________.
23
a. Humans have a total of ______
23
46__
chromosomes, __ __ sperms and __
eggs.
b. As an example of chromosomal
mutation are:
_________________________
chromosome
deletion, duplication,
_________________________
inversion, and
translation.
_________________________
_________________________
• Mutation also could happen in another times:
dna
a. _______________
replication
b. ______________ when the chromosomes do not separate completed.