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Humans have how many chromosomes TOTAL?

Any change in the structure or number of chromosomes is defined as:

Chromosomal mutation

What are the 4 types of Chromosomal Mutations?

Deletion, Duplication, Inversion, Translocation

When material is swapped with another pair of chromosomes it is defined as what tyoe of chromosomal mutation?

Translocation

Any change to the DNA sequence of a gene is defined as a:

Gene mutation

What are the 4 organic bases (letters)?

A, T, C, G

What type of chromosome mutation is shown in the following image?

Inversion

Identify the following mutation using the healthy DNA sequence sample sentence that was provided in your notes: THE FAA TCA TAT ETH ERA T

Frameshift - Insertion

When only one base is substituted or deleted from a DNA sequence and the rest of the sequence stays healthy, what type of gene mutation is that?

Point mutation

True/False: Mutations are always planned and can never occur randomly.

False

What type of chromosomal mutation is shown in the following image:

Duplication

What type of mutation is shown in the following image?

Translocation

What type of mutation is shown given the example sentence THE FAT CAT ATE THE RAT: -- THE FTC ATA TET HER AT

Frameshift deletion

A mutated gene can result in a changed ______________.

Protein

What type of mutation affects the reading frame?

Frameshift mutations

In gene mutations nucleotides/bases may be what? Must say all.

Added, missing, or changed