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| 2 Ways That Muations in the genome occur |
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Definition
| Mistakes during DNA replication or my a mutagen |
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| 2 ways that the body repairs mistakes during replication |
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Definition
DNA polymerase proof reads the newly synthesized strand, detects mispaired base pairs, and fixes them
Mismatched repair |
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| How we fix mutations due to mutagens |
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Definition
| excision repair- the whole section of defective DNA is cut out and them DNA polymerase regenerates that section |
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Term
| How will muatations get passed on to offspring |
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Definition
| If the mtations are in the germ cells, which lead to ova and sperm |
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