Name______________________________________
Date___________
#8
MUTATIONS
Turn to page 372 in the Biology Book
Vocabulary
Mutation –
Point mutation –
Frameshift mutation –
Mutagen –
Polyploidy –
Types of Mutations
Gene Mutations
Categories
Types
Draw Figure 13.11 and show the three types of Point Mutations
Chromosomal Mutations
Only one category
Draw Figure 13.12 and show the 4 types of Chromosomal Mutations
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QUESTIONS:
1. Figure 12-1 shows the structure of a(an)____________________________________________________________.
2. Whati s found in a nucleotide found in DNA? (List the sugar, the bases and the molecule containing
phosphorus)
A.
B.
C.
D.
ribose + phosphate group + uracil
deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracil
deoxyribose + phosphate group + cytosine**
ribose + phosphate group + thymine
3. DNA is copied during a process called___________________________________________.
4. DNA replication results in two DNA molecules, they are the original strand connected to a
____________________________________________________________.
5. During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases
6. RNA contains the sugar
7. Unlike DNA, RNA contains
8. What is found in both DNA and RNA?
9. How many main types of RNA are there?
10. What is produced during transcription?
11. What does Figure 12-2 show?
12. How many codons are needed to specify three amino acids?
13. Why is it possible for an amino acid to be specified by more than one kind of codon?
14. What happens during the process of translation?
15. Which type of RNA functions as a blueprint of the genetic code?
16. A mutation that involves a single nucleotide is called a(an)_____________________________________________.
17. A promoter is a:
18. Which helps to match the correct amino acid with an mRNA codon?