Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Bio Terms 12
Vocab
5
Biology
9th Grade
03/25/2014
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Biology Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
Mutation
 Definition
Mutations are heritable changes in genetic information.
Term
Point Mutations
 Definition
Point Mutations are mutations that occur at a single point in the DNA sequence.
Term
Frameshift Mutations
 Definition
Frameshift Mutations are mutations that shift the reading frame of the genetic message.
Term
Mutagen
 Definition
Mutagens are chemical or physical agents in the environment that some mutations arise from.
Term
Polyploidy
 Definition
Polyploidy are conditions in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!