Thursday, November 8, 2007

Mutation

MY NAME IS ERICA AND I'M A JUNIOR AT OLATHE NORTH. I'VE LIVED IN OLATHE FOR 4 YEARS, BEFORE THAT I WAS IN TEXAS. I WORK AT MCDONALDS AND I LOVE MY BEST FRIENDS FEATHER WITH AN H AND LISA. AND THIS IS MY STUDENT NAT. PROJECT





A MUTATION IS A PERMANTENT CHANGE IN THE DNA SEQUENCE OF A GENE.


KINDS OF MUTATION
*POINT MUTATION
*FRAME-SHIFT MUTATION
*DELETION MUTATION
*INSERTION MUTATION
*DNA EXPRESSION MUTATION

POINT MUTATION
A SIMPLE CHANGE IN THE BASE OF THE GENE.

EXAMPLES:
ORIGINAL MUTATION: THE FAT CAT ATE THE WEE RAT.

POINT MUTATION: THE FAT HAT ATE THE WEE RAT.

FRAME-SHIFT MUTATION
ONE OR MORE BASES ARE PUT IN OR TAKEN OUT, THE SAME AS ADDING OR REMOVING LETTERS IN A SENTENCE
EXAMPLES:
ORIGINAL:THE FAT CAT ATE THE WEE RAT.

POINT MUTATION: THE FAT CAA TET HEW EER AT.


DELETION MUTATION

MUTATIONS THAT HAVE MISSING DNA
EXAMPLES:
ORIGINAL:THE FAT CAT ATE THE WEE RAT.

DELETION MUTATION:THE FAT ATE THE WEE RAT

INSERTION MUTATION
ADDING EXTRA DNA
EXAMPLES:
ORIGINAL:THE FAT CAT ATE THE WEE RAT.

INSERTION MUTATION:THE FAT CAT XLW ATE THE WEE RAT

INVERSION MUTATION
AN PART OF DNA IS BACKWARDS
EXAMPLES:
ORIGINAL:THE FAT CAT ATE THE WEE RAT

INVERSION MUTATION:THE FAT TAR EEW EHT ETA TAC

DNA EXPRESSION MUTATION:
TYPES OF CHANGES IN DNA CAN RESULT IN PROTEINS BEING MADE AT THE WRONG TIME OR IN THE WRONG CELL TYPE.

1 comment:

North Naturalists said...

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