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1. What happens in a nonsense mutation?
- A codon for an amino acid is swapped for a stop codon.
- A codon for an amino acid is swapped for a different amino acid codon
- A codon for an amino acid is swapped for a different protein
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2. what happens in a translocation mutation?
- A section of genes from a non-homologous chromosome is added or inserted into the chromosome
- A change in the size of genes in a chromosome.
- A section of genes is deleted from the chromosome resulting in a shorter chromosome
- A section from the homologous partner chromosome is added to the chromosome.
3. What effect do frameshift mutations have on the protein coded for?
- Every amino acid after the mutation is altered which results in a protein that doesn’t work
- A change in the number or sequence of genes in a chromosome.
- A shorter protein
4. What happens in a deletion chromosome mutation?
- a section of the chromosome is reversed.
- A section of genes is deleted from the chromosome resulting in a shorter chromosome
- A section of nucleotides are deleted from a gene.
- A section of genes from a non-homologous chromosome is added or inserted into the chromosome
5. What are 4 types of chromosome mutation?
- Deletion, duplication, inversion and transcription
- Deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation
- Deletion, duplication, substitution and translocation
- substitution, duplication, inversion and translocation
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