Slide 1Copyright ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display CHAPTER 16 GENE MUTION AND DNA REPAIR Slide 2 INTRODUCTION The term mutation…

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1.GENETIC DISEASES2. Gene Mutations • • • • • •Deletion, reading frame shifts Substitution, one base replaced by another Duplication, repetition of part of the…

1.Genetics: Analysis and Principles Robert J. Brooker Copyright ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display CHAPTER 16 GENE MUTION AND…

1. Mutations 2. What Are Mutations? Changes in thenucleotide sequenceof DNA May occur insomatic cells(aren’t passed to offspring) May occur ingametes(eggs & sperm)…

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Slide 1What is a Gene?  Gene = a segment of DNA that codes for a protein that controls a trait.  Humans have approximately 30,000 genes  We have 2 copies of each…

Slide 1 Mutations Slide 2 What Are Mutations? Changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA Changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA May occur in somatic cells (aren’t passed…

Slide 1MUTATIONS Changes in DNA that affect genetic information Slide 2 Gene Mutations  Point Mutations – changes in one or a few nucleotides  Substitution  THE…