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What effect does a deletion point mutation have on the reading frame of a gene?
What effect does a deletion point mutation have on the reading frame of a gene?
- It has no impact on the resulting protein synthesis.
- It alters the reading frame resulting in potential incorrect amino acid sequences. (correct)
- It causes the entire gene sequence to be read multiple times.
- It shifts the reading frame by a multiple of three.
Which type of mutation is most likely to produce a non-functional protein?
Which type of mutation is most likely to produce a non-functional protein?
- Missense mutation
- Silent mutation
- Nonsense mutation (correct)
- Neutral mutation
What describes a frameshift mutation?
What describes a frameshift mutation?
- A substitution of one nucleotide for another without affecting the reading frame.
- A disruption in the reading frame due to non-multiple of three insertions or deletions. (correct)
- A change in nucleotide sequence that does not affect protein synthesis.
- An addition or deletion of nucleotides in multiples of three.
How does a transition mutation differ from a transversion mutation?
How does a transition mutation differ from a transversion mutation?
What is a characteristic outcome of a missense mutation?
What is a characteristic outcome of a missense mutation?
What do neutral mutations typically imply?
What do neutral mutations typically imply?
What is the potential consequence of translocation of chromosome segments?
What is the potential consequence of translocation of chromosome segments?
Why is the placement of cuts in DNA important for inversion mutations?
Why is the placement of cuts in DNA important for inversion mutations?
What defines a neutral mutation in population genetics?
What defines a neutral mutation in population genetics?
Which type of mutation is specifically designed to counteract the effects of another mutation?
Which type of mutation is specifically designed to counteract the effects of another mutation?
What is a potential consequence of a splice site mutation?
What is a potential consequence of a splice site mutation?
What is the difference between a full reverse mutation and a partial reverse mutation?
What is the difference between a full reverse mutation and a partial reverse mutation?
What type of mutation occurs spontaneously and is not caused by any mutagenic agent?
What type of mutation occurs spontaneously and is not caused by any mutagenic agent?
How is the molecular clock conceptually utilized in evolutionary biology?
How is the molecular clock conceptually utilized in evolutionary biology?
How can the branching pattern in a phylogenetic tree indicate evolutionary relationships?
How can the branching pattern in a phylogenetic tree indicate evolutionary relationships?
What effect does a promoter mutation have on gene expression?
What effect does a promoter mutation have on gene expression?
What is a trait of somatic mutations?
What is a trait of somatic mutations?
Which type of chromosomal rearrangement results in a piece of one chromosome being attached to another?
Which type of chromosomal rearrangement results in a piece of one chromosome being attached to another?
What is the primary consequence of a germline mutation?
What is the primary consequence of a germline mutation?
Which type of chromosomal rearrangement has no genetic material lost?
Which type of chromosomal rearrangement has no genetic material lost?
What defines aneuploidy?
What defines aneuploidy?
What is a characteristic of a pericentric inversion?
What is a characteristic of a pericentric inversion?
What occurs during a non-reciprocal translocation?
What occurs during a non-reciprocal translocation?
Which chromosome anomaly can resemble symptoms similar to Down syndrome?
Which chromosome anomaly can resemble symptoms similar to Down syndrome?
What does the rate of base changes in the alpha-globin gene suggest about its use in evolutionary studies?
What does the rate of base changes in the alpha-globin gene suggest about its use in evolutionary studies?
Which organism mentioned has one of the lowest mutation rates?
Which organism mentioned has one of the lowest mutation rates?
Which is true about mutation rates in mitochondrial DNA compared to the nuclear genome?
Which is true about mutation rates in mitochondrial DNA compared to the nuclear genome?
In the Jukes-Cantor model, what does 'p' represent?
In the Jukes-Cantor model, what does 'p' represent?
Why can mutations in viruses lead to rapid evolution?
Why can mutations in viruses lead to rapid evolution?
What outcome does the parsimony tree hypothesis represent in phylogenetic studies?
What outcome does the parsimony tree hypothesis represent in phylogenetic studies?
What does a common ancestor imply about the two species that share genetic differences?
What does a common ancestor imply about the two species that share genetic differences?
How does RNA polymerase influence mutation rates in organisms?
How does RNA polymerase influence mutation rates in organisms?
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Study Notes
Types of Mutations
- Somatic Mutations: Occur in body cells and are not passed on to offspring.
- Germline Mutations: Occur in sperm or egg cells and are passed on to all cells of the offspring.
- Chromosomal Rearrangements: Large-scale mutations affecting large segments of chromosomes.
- Duplication: A portion of a chromosome is copied.
- Deletion: A portion of a chromosome is removed.
- Terminal Deletion: Occurs at the end of a chromosome.
- Intercalary Deletion: Occurs within the chromosome.
- Microdeletion: Small deletion leading to a loss of several genes.
- Inversion: A chromosome segment is flipped, reversing its order.
- Pericentric Inversion: Breaks occur on either side of the centromere.
- Paracentric Inversion: Breaks occur on the same arm of the chromosome, not including the centromere.
- Translocation: Part of a chromosome is transferred to a non-homologous chromosome.
- Reciprocal Translocation: Two non-homologous chromosomes exchange segments.
- Non-reciprocal Translocation (Insertion): A segment from one chromosome is inserted into another.
- Point Mutation: Changes in a single nucleotide.
- Deletion: A nucleotide is removed.
- Substitution: One nucleotide is replaced with another.
- Insertion: A nucleotide is added.
- Missense Mutation: A point mutation that leads to a different amino acid being coded for.
- Nonsense Mutation: A point mutation that introduces a premature stop codon, resulting in a shortened protein.
- Frameshift Mutation: An insertion or deletion of nucleotides not divisible by three, altering the reading frame and potentially resulting in an incorrect protein.
- In-Frame Mutation: An insertion or deletion of three nucleotides, leading to the addition or removal of one amino acid.
- Neutral Mutation: A mutation with no significant effect on organism fitness.
- Synonymous (Silent) Mutation: A point mutation that does not change the amino acid sequence, due to the redundancy of the genetic code.
- Suppressor Mutation: A mutation in a different gene that counteracts the effect of another mutation.
- Promoter Mutations: Affect gene expression by altering the promoter sequence, potentially blocking or activating transcription.
- Splice Site Mutations: Affect gene expression by altering splice sites, potentially blocking splicing or creating new splice signals.
- Reverse Mutation: Restores the original sequence.
- Full Reversion: Completely restores the original sequence and function.
- Partial Reversion: Partially restores the original function.
- Indel: Insertions or deletions of nucleotides caused by "looping out" of DNA during replication.
- Indels in Template Strand: Lead to a deletion in the new strand.
- Indels in New Strand: Lead to an addition in the new strand.
Mechanisms of Mutation
- Spontaneous Mutations: Occur without the presence of a mutagen.
- DNA Polymerase Errors: DNA polymerase mistakenly incorporates the wrong base.
- Depurination: The loss of a purine base (adenine or guanine) from DNA.
- Deamination: The conversion of cytosine to uracil.
- Induced Mutations: Caused by exposure to mutagens.
- Mutation Rate: The frequency at which mutations occur.
- Factors influencing mutation rates:
- DNA polymerase proofreading
- DNA repair mechanisms
- DNA region
- Organism
- Generation time
- Factors influencing mutation rates:
Phylogenetic Trees
- Phylogenetic Tree: A diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms.
- Branching Pattern: Represents the evolutionary history of organisms.
- Common Ancestor: A shared ancestor from which two or more organisms descended.
- Molecular Clock: A technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to estimate the time of divergence between species.
- Mutation Rate: The frequency at which mutations accumulate in a DNA sequence over time.
- RNA polymerase has a high error rate due to lack of proofreading.
- Mutation rates vary across DNA regions and organisms.
- Mutations can provide insights into evolutionary relationships and divergence times.
- Parsimony Tree: A phylogenetic tree that minimizes the number of evolutionary changes (mutations) required to explain the observed relationships.
Jukes-Cantor Model
- Calculates evolutionary distances based on nucleotide substitutions.
- Accounts for back mutations: a nucleotide that has undergone a substitution may mutate back to the original nucleotide.
- Provides a more accurate estimate of evolutionary distance compared to simple sequence comparisons.
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