Unit 5 Notes- Mutations Activity

They provide genetic diversity

They always cause diseases

They prevent evolution

They only occur in animals

Sunlight/UV exposure

Processed meats

Cigarette smoke

Genetic inheritance

A different amino acid is produced

The protein is nonfunctional

The same amino acid is produced

The DNA is deleted

Silent mutation

Missense mutation

Nonsense mutation

Frameshift mutation

Deletion of a base only

Insertion of a base only

Substitution of a base

Both deletion and insertion

Insertion Mutation

Deletion Mutation

Substitution Mutation

Chromosomal Mutation