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Changes in DNA and Mutations in Germ Cells
Changes in DNA and Mutations in Germ Cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/24/2012

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2 Ways That Muations in the genome occur
Definition
Mistakes during DNA replication or my a mutagen
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2 ways that the body repairs mistakes during replication
Definition

DNA polymerase proof reads the newly synthesized strand, detects mispaired base pairs,  and fixes them

Mismatched repair

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How we fix mutations due to mutagens
Definition
excision repair-  the whole section of defective DNA is cut out and them DNA polymerase regenerates that section
Term
How will muatations get passed on to offspring
Definition
If the mtations are in the germ cells, which lead to ova and sperm 
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