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What are mutations? |
Mutations are changes to the Base sequence of DNA |
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What causes mutations? |
They are caused by errors during DNA replication |
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What are the types of errors that cause mutations? |
Substitution Deletion Insertion Duplication Inversion |
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What is substitution? |
One Base is substituted with another |
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What is deletion? |
One Base is deleted |
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What is insertion? |
An extra Base is added |
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What is duplication? |
One or more bases are repeated |
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What is inversion? |
A sequence of bases is reversed |
