WK 5: Genetics 3: Mutations and Pedigrees

What is the result of an alteration in the copy number of a complete set of chromosomes?

What is the term for a cell having three sets of chromosomes?

What is the function of the centromere in a chromosome?

What is the result of an error during meiosis that leads to a change in the number of chromosomes in a cell?

What is the term for a change in the structure of an individual chromosome?

What is the term for a cell having a single set of chromosomes?

What is the term for a cell having more than two sets of chromosomes?

What is the outcome of trisomy 21?

What is the purpose of crossing over in meiosis?

What type of mutation can occur due to chromosomal rearrangements?

What is the result of a chromosomal rearrangement in humans?

What type of mutation is a change in a single nucleotide that results in a premature stop codon?

What is the result of nondisjunction during meiosis?

What is the purpose of a pedigree in genetics?

What is the function of the promoter and upstream regulatory elements in a gene?

What is a characteristic of Robertsonian translocation?

What is the result of a non-reciprocal translocation during meiosis?

What is the term for the incorrect alignment of homologous chromosomes during meiosis?

What is the result of an unbalanced reciprocal translocation?

What is the type of mutation that results in a change in the reading frame of a gene?

What is the term for the fusion of two non-homologous chromosomes?

What is the primary mechanism of evolution?

What type of mutation introduces a stop codon?

What is the purpose of a pedigree in genetics?

What symbol is used to represent a female in a pedigree?

What is the effect of a frameshift mutation on the protein produced by a gene?

Which type of mutation adds or deletes a codon?

What is the purpose of analyzing a pedigree in genetics?

What is the effect of a missense mutation on the protein produced by a gene?

What is the term for the most common version of a gene in a population?