DNA
A mutation that changes the amino acid to a stop signal.
What is a nonsense mutation?
A piece of a chromosome breaks off and re-attaches to a nonhomologous chromosome.
What is a translocation mutation?
The DNA double helix looks like a twisted ladder. The ________ makes up each rung of the ladder, and the ________ bond holds the rungs together.
What is a nitrogen base? What is a hydrogen bond?
The name for long chains of amino acids that form during protein synthesis.
What are polypeptides?
A portion of the chromosome is flipped (reversed) and gets inserted back into the chromosome.
What is an inversion mutation?