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Mutations: The Raw Material of Genetic Change — Homework
Review the three types of point mutations and frameshift mutations before answering.
- 1.A base substitution changes a codon but the amino acid produced stays the same. Name this type of mutation.
- 2.A base substitution creates a premature stop codon. Name this type of mutation.
- 3.Explain why a frameshift mutation is usually more damaging than a substitution mutation.
- 4.Explain why mutation is described as "the raw material of evolution."
- 5.Explain in three or four sentences why most mutations are neutral or harmful rather than beneficial.
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