Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 14QP
In the gene-coding sequence shown here, which of the following events will produce a frameshift after the last mutational site?
- a. insertion of an A after the first codon
- b. deletion of the second codon (AAA)
- c. insertion of TA after the second codon and deletion of CG in the fourth codon
- d. deletion of AC in the third codon
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The change of a UAC codon (Tyr) to a UAU codon (Tyr) is an example of a:
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missense mutation
B.
silent mutation
C.
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D.
nonsense mutation
The codon chart below shows that adenine-uracil-guanine (AUG) codes for the amino acid methionine, and cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) codes for glutamine in humans.
What do those two codons code for in carrots?
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valine and aspartic acid
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A missense mutation is a mutation in which:
a.
one nucleotide in a codon is changed, but the codon specifies the same amino acid
b.
a codon is deleted from a gene
C.
one nucleotide in a codon is changed, and the codon now specifies a different amino acid
d. one nucleotide in a codon is changed, and the codon is now a stop codon rather than specifying an amino acid
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a truncated protein is produced by translation
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