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| A change in one or a few bases in the DNA |
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| One base is replaced for another |
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| A change in the third base of a codon, so that the same amino acid is still inserted into the protein. |
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| Another name for a silent mutation |
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| A mutation that forms a new stop codon so that we make a shorter protein that cannot function correctly |
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| A mutation that changes the reading frame of the ribosome. |
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| What causes a frameshift mutation? |
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| A base is added or deleted. |
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| Why are frameshift mutations so serious? |
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| Because every amino acid after the mutation is wrong, so we make a useless protein. |
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