Types of Mutations
A shark has a mutation with its swim bladder and it cannot swim well. What kind of mutation is that? Beneficial, Neutral, or Harmful?
Harmful
What does neutral mean?
No effect
How many boxes are in a punnett square?
4
True or false : Plants cannot get mutations
False
A person is born with sickle cell disease and struggles with pain and blood clotting. What kind of mutation is that? Beneficial, Neutral, or Harmful?
Harmful
What does beneficial mean?
Helpful
A punnett square has 2 of the boxes with the dominant allele. What is the percent chance of the offspring having the dominant trait?
50%
True or False : Mutations are common
False
Winnie the Pooh has a mutation that gives him tough skin. He no longer will be stung by bees when he tries to get honey. What kind of mutation is that? Beneficial, Neutral, or Harmful?
Beneficial
What is a mutation?
Any change in DNA
If all of the squares in the Punnett square are dominant, what is the percent chance that the offspring will have the dominant trait?
100%
List an example of a mutagen
Smoking, alcohol, UV rays, chemicals, ect...
A snake has a mutation and now has legs. It can outrun its predators. What kind of mutation is that? Beneficial, Neutral, or Harmful?
Beneficial
What is factors in the environment that an cause a change in DNA called?
Mutagens
Parent 1 - BB Parent 2 - Bb
What is the percent chance that the offspring will have the recessive trait?
0%
Write down a harmful mutation
Something that hurts the organism
A bee has a mutation that gives it 8 legs instead of 6. The bee primarily flies and does not rely on walking. What kind of mutation is that? Beneficial, Neutral, or Harmful?
Neutral
Genes give instructions for ____________ which give us our traits
Proteins
Parent 1 = Bb Parent 2 =bb
What is the percent chance that the offspring will have the dominant trait?
50%
Write down a beneficial mutation
Something helpful