Mutations & DNA Repair Mechanisms flash cards

Set: Mutations & DNA Repair Mechanisms

Term	Definition
mutation	a heritable change in the genetic material
silent mutations	point mutations that do not alter the amino acid sequence
point mutations	mutations that only effect a single pair by adding or removing a single base pair
missense mutation	a point mutation that changes a single amino acid
nonsense mutation	a change from a normal codon to a stop codon
the protein is "truncated" or shortened	What happens to the protein in a nonsense mutation?

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