Genetics Stack 2 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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