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What is a mutation???

Learn about the different types of genetic mutations, such as point mutations and frameshift mutations, and their effects on DNA. Explore examples of mutations causing diseases like sickle cell anemia and muscular dystrophy. Discover major types of chromosome mutations, including deletion, inversion, duplication, translocation, and non-disjunction.

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What is a mutation???

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  1. What is a mutation???

  2. GENETIC MUTATIONS MISTAKES IN DNA

  3. A MISTAKE CAN BE: 1. A point mutation – substitution, addition, or removal of a single DNA base. 2. A frameshift mutation – a point mutation due to an addition or deletion of a DNA base that causes a major change in the genetic code.

  4. Sickle cell anemia is caused by a point mutation - substitution Val-his-leu-thr-pro-glu-glu Val-his-leu-thr-pro-val-glu-

  5. Muscular Dystrophy is caused by a frameshift mutation

  6. THE CAT SAW THE DOG

  7. CHANGE THE W TO A T: THE CAT SAT THE DOG CHANGE THE D TO AN H THE CAT SAW THE HOG

  8. MAJOR MISSENSE: REMOVE THE “C” THE ATS AWT HED OG This type of mutation causes a protein to be non-functional. It is a severe problem and can be lethal.

  9. MAJOR MISSENCE: INSERT AN “M” after the first “The”. THE MCA TSA WTH EDO G The body cannot make sense out of the incorrect protein, just as the sentence no longer makes sense to you.

  10. Nonsense • When a point mutation codes for a STOP in the middle of a sequence. Could be due to any of the point mutations. Nonfunctional dystrophin, the protein that helps attach your skeletal muscle to its surroundings.

  11. Some mutations involve whole chromosomes: 1. Deletion: A piece of a chromosome is lost because of breakage during cell division Cri du chat

  12. Inversion: A piece of a chromosome breaks off and reattaches backwards. The effect can belethal.

  13. Duplication: A portion of the chromosome is copied and placed in the same chromosome.

  14. Translocation: a piece of a chromosomes breaks off and reattaches to a non-homologous chromosome

  15. Non-disjunction: A chromosome fails to separate from its homologue during meiosis

  16. Turner’s Syndrome:

  17. Klinefelter’s Syndrome:

  18. Mutations in nature:

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