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Mutation Worksheet
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Define Mutation.
Define Mutagen. Give three examples.
Define and illustrate a Chromosomal Mutation.
List the four types of Chromosomal Mutations.
Define Gene Mutation.
Define and illustrate a Point Mutation.
Define and illustrate a Frame shift Mutation.
Why do you think that an excess of genetic material is usually less harmful
to an organism than a deficit.
Questions # 9- # 15 refer to the master DNA strand listed below.
AAT GCC AGT GGT TCG CAC
9. Write the complementary DNA strand.
10.Write the mRNA strand from the master DNA strand.
11.Write the Amino Acid sequence.
12.If the seventh nucleotide in the original master strand of DNA was changed
from A to T, what would the resulting new mRNA be.
13.Write the new Amino Acid sequence that results from the DNA molecule
described in #12.
14.Draw a circle around the Amino Acid in #13 that changed as a result of the
mutation described in #12.
15.Identify the type of mutation described in #12.
Questions # 16- #23 refer to the master DNA strand listed below.
AAT GCC AGT GGT TCG CAC
16. If a G was added to the master strand of DNA after the third nucleotide (T),
what would the resulting mRNA look like.
17. Write the Amino Acid sequence from the mRNA in #16.
18. Explain how the Amino Acid sequence has changed as a result of the
mutation described in #16.
19. Identify the type of mutation described in #16.
20. If the (G) in the fourth nucleotide position was to be cut out of the master
DNA strand, what would the resulting mRNA be,
21. Write the Amino Acid sequence that would result from the DNA molecule
described in #20.
22. Explain how the Amino Acid sequence in #21 has changed as a result of the
mutation described in #20.
23. Identify the kind of mutation described in #20.