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Card 6

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What does a proto-oncogene do?

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Card 7

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What does a tumour suppressor gene do?

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Card 8

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If a point mutation occurs in a proto-oncogene it can form an oncogene, what is the result of this?

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Card 9

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What is an allele

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Card 10

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If a mutation does cause a change to the structure of the protein, and therefore the characteristics, but this gives no advantage or disadvantage, what effect is this

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Card 11

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Attatched ear lobes or free ear lobes are an example of what?

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Card 12

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Why are frameshift mutations so destructive to proteins?

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Card 13

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Why after a point mutation may there be no change at all to the amino acid sequence

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