17. Mutation, Repair, and Recombination

Which of the following best describes a substitution mutation?

Which of the following would most likely cause a mutation in DNA?

Which type of mutation, also known as a point mutation, changes only a single base in the sequence of DNA?

Which of the following best describes how a genetic mutation occurs?

Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

Which type of mutation is most likely to have a harmful effect on an organism?

Which type of mutation is primarily responsible for generating new variations of a trait within a population?

Which type of mutation results in the substitution of a single nucleotide that changes a codon to one that encodes a different amino acid?

Which type of genetic mutation is most likely to be detected using prenatal ultrasound imaging?

What is the term used to describe errors that occur in the DNA sequence?

Which type of DNA mutation results in a change in the reading frame of an mRNA?

Which type of mutation causes sickle cell anemia?

Which type of mutation changes a nucleotide base in the DNA sequence but does not alter the amino acid specified by the codon?

Which type of mutation is most likely to occur during meiosis?

In which type of mutation is one nitrogen base replaced by a different nitrogen base?