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What is a mutation?
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What is a mutation? A change in the DNA
Where can mutations occur? Both body and sex cells
A mutation that occurs in the ____________________ cells will be passed on to the offspring. Sex
A mutation that occurs in the ____________________ cells will not be passed on and will only affect the person who has it. Body
A change in the DNA is called a ________________________. Mutation
A change in the structure of a chromosome OR the loss of an entire chromosome is called a ______________________ mutation. Chromosomal mutation
The type of mutation where a piece of chromosome breaks off but does not reattach is called _______________________. Inversion Deletion Translocation Deletion
The type of mutation where a piece of chromosome breaks off AND reattaches in the opposite direction is called ____________________. Nondisjunction Deletion Inversion Inversion
When a broken piece of a chromosome attaches to a nonhomologous chromosome..... that mutation type is called ______________________. Inversion Deletion Translocation Translocation
A mutation that changes the direction of the DNA (it is going in the opposite direction) is called ____________________. Translocation Inversion Nondisjunction Inversion
During cell division, replicated chromosomes do not pull apart making one cell have an extra chromosome and another cell missing one. This mutation is called _______________________. Inversion Nondisjunction Deletion Nondisjunction
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