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13.3 mutation
13.3 mutations
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Biology
9th Grade
03/24/2014
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Mutation
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Mutation comes from the Latin word mutare meaning "to change".
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Point Mutation
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Point Mutations occur in a single point in the DNA sequence.
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Frameshift Mutation
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Frameshift Mutations shift the "reading frame" of genetic message.
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Mutagens
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Mutagens come from an effect of chemical and physical agents in the environment.
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Polyploidy
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The condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes are called polyploidy.
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