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| changes in the genetic information |
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| mutations alter the sequence of DNA nucleotides (S, I, D) |
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| single gene mutation: one nucleotide is replaced by another |
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| deletion (of nucleotides) |
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| single gene mutation: removal of a nucleotide from a sequence |
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| single gene mutation: additional nucleotide is placed into a sequence |
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| substitution mutation; one amino acid is changed for another; may result in non-functional protein or have little effect on protein |
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| substitution mutation: a codon is changed to a stop codon, results in a shorter protein |
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| substitution mutation: introns may be retained and/or exons removed |
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| insertion or deletion mutation in which all the amino acids coded for after the mutation are affected; causes major change in protein structure |
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| mutations that affect the structure of chromosomes (D, D, I, T) |
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| chromosome mutation in which a section of a chromosome is added to its homologous chromosome |
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| chromosome mutation in which a sequence of genes is lost from a chromosome |
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| mutation involving the section of a chromosome being reversed |
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| chromosome mutation in which part of a chromosome becomes attached to a non-homologous chromosome |
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