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A mutation is a change that occurs in our DNA sequence, either due to mistakes when the DNA is copied or as the result of environmental factors such as UV light and cigarette smoke.
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There are three ways that DNA can be altered when a mutation (change in DNA sequence) occurs.
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Name: _____________________________________________________________Block: ____________ Date: ________________ Original DNA Sequence : T A C A C C T T G G C G A C G A C T mRNA Sequence: Amino Acid Sequence: Mutated DNA Sequence #1: T A C A T C T T G G C G A C G A C T What’s the mRNA sequence? (Circle the change) What will be the amino acid sequence? Will there likely be effects? What kind of mutation is this? Mutated DNA Sequence #2: T A C G A C C T T G G C G A C G A C T What’s the mRNA sequence? (Circle the change) What will be the amino acid sequence? Will there likely be effects? What kind of mutation is this? Mutated DNA Sequence #3: T A C A C C T T A G C G A C G A C T What’s the mRNA sequence? (Circle the change) What will be the amino acid sequence? Will there likely be effects? What kind of mutation is this? Mutated DNA Sequence #4: T A C A C C T T G G C G A C T A C T What’s the mRNA sequence? (Circle the change) What will be the amino acid sequence? Will there likely be effects? What kind of mutation is this? Mutated DNA Sequence #5: T A C A C C T T G G G A C G A C T What will be the corresponding mRNA sequence? What will be the amino acid sequence? Will there likely be effects? What kind of mutation is this?
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