Mutations 1
This mutation aid survival
What is Beneficial Mutation?
A base is swapped for another
What is Substitution?
Cell membranes split during this stage
What happens at the very end of Mitosis?
Spindle fibers first become visible
What happens during 'Prophase"?
C - G - A - T
What are the 4 different protein bases?
This mutation doesn't change the amino acid sequence.
What is Silent Mutation
A base is added to the order
What is Addition?
Plant cells have rigid cell walls and no centrioles
How is mitosis different in plant cells and animal cells?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
What are the 4 stages of mitosis?
Basis of all life, double helix, and over 6' long
What is DNA?
This mutation can stop or alter the production of a protein.
What is a Harmful Mutation?
Addition and Deletion
What mutations are considered Frameshift?
This is a pair of DNA molecules
What is a Chromosome?
During 'metaphase' chromosomes line up along this area.
What is the center of the cell?
46
What is the number of chromosomes each human has?
A base is deleted from the order.
What is Deletion
Bird beaks mutating to be longer so birds can get food.
What is Good/Beneficial Mutation?
The center of the cell
Where do duplicated chromosomes line up during Metaphase?
During this stage, _________ get pulled apart to opposite sides of the cell.
What is 'anaphase'?
23
What is the number of chromosomes a person inherits from each parent?
When bases shift from the left or right because a base is added or deleted.
What is Frameshift?
Albinism leaves animals with no pigmentation.
What is Bad/Harmful mutation?
Daughter cell has the same number of chromosomes
What is the difference in the number of chromosomes between daughter & parent cells?
During this stage, _________ the DNA is coiled up into X-shaped structures.
What is the 'prophase' stage?
Double Helix
What is the shape of a DNA molecule?