Genetics and Evolution Quiz
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Which of the following is a type of mutation that results in a change of a single nucleotide in a DNA sequence?

  • Gene flow
  • Missense mutation (correct)
  • Transcription
  • Codominance
  • What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where two different alleles for a gene are both expressed in a heterozygous individual?

  • Incomplete dominance (correct)
  • Polygenic traits
  • Frameshift mutation
  • Codon
  • What is the term used to describe the process by which genes are transferred from one population to another as a result of migration?

  • Selective pressure
  • Gene flow (correct)
  • Phenotype
  • Natural selection
  • What is the term used to describe the type of inheritance in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed in a heterozygous individual?

    <p>Codominance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the process by which genes are transferred from one population to another as a result of random events?

    <p>Gene flow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe a type of mutation that results in the insertion or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a DNA sequence, causing a shift in the reading frame?

    <p>Frameshift mutation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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