A mutation that is harmful to the fitness of an organsim.
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What is a mutation?
An error in the genetic coding of an organism.
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Who is the Father of Evolution?
Charles Darwin.
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What is the genetic classification for Down's Syndrome?
Trisomy 21.
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Photographic Memory is another name for what neurological condition?
Eidetic Memory.
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What is a Neomorphic mutation?
A mutation that grants a gene a new or abnormal function.
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What is a Somatic mutation?
A mutation that is neither inherited nor passed on.
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DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the shape of DNA called?
The Double-Helix.
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This genetic disease clogs the lungs and causes death.
Cystic Fibrosis.
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People with Sickle Cell Anemia are granted immunity from what lethal disease?
Malaria.
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What codes an organism's DNA?
Amino Acids.
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What is an Allele?
An alternate, mutated form of a gene.
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Which type of bird did Darwin study while visiting the Galapagos Islands?
Darwin's / Galapagos Finches (Song Birds)
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Sickle Cell Disease removes what from the blood, resulting in death?
Oxygen.
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What mutation strengthens bones and prevents Osteoporosis?
Trichodentoosseous.
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How many nucleotides does a Point mutation replace?
One.
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What is the opposite of this genetic sequence: AGCDA?
GADCG
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What is the genetic difference between Sickle Cell Disease and Anemia?
Sickle Cell Anemia occurs when the host acquires one copy of the Sickle Cell mutation, Sickle Cell Disease occurs when the host acquires two copies of this mutation.
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Mutated Flu Virus, or Influenza, caused pandemics in 1918, 1957, 1977, and what other year?
1968.
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What genetic mutation grants organisms immunity to HIV?