Exam 11: Genome Alterations - Mutation and Epigenetics

Insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in a gene causes a type of mutation called a(n)____________________ mutation.

The process by which electromagnetic energy travels through space is called ____.

Explain why individuals with cystic fibrosis have different levels of severity of the disease.

What occurs in a missense mutation?

Control systems in the cell can induce cell suicide,or apoptosis,in cells with excessive DNA damage.

Individuals with ____________________ are extremely sensitive to sunlight and develop skin cancer at a rate 1000 times above normal.

PBDEs are ____.

Many cases of epigenetic modification involve adding a methyl group to the DNA in promoters,a process called ____________________.

Discuss how geneticists have concluded that the X-linked form of hemophilia that spread through the royal families of Western Europe and Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries probably originated with Queen Victoria.

Mutations in germ cells are passed on only to other germ cells in members of future generations.

As DNA polymerase synthesizes a new DNA strand,it can ____.

A promoter is a regulatory region located at the ____.

Summarize research conducted in order to identify how epigenetic changes might affect the risks of depression and suicide in certain individuals.Comment on the limitations of this study.

What is the largest single source of radiation exposure for the average person in the U.S.?

A purine or pyrimidine that differs in chemical structure from those normally found in DNA or RNA is called a(n)____________________.

Mutations in ____________________ cells will be passed on by cell division,but cannot be transmitted to future generations.

Selective expression of either the maternal or paternal copy of a gene is called ____________________.

Explain how,when improper base pairing escapes repair by the proofreading system,cells are able to detect and repair mutations.

As radiation strikes molecules in cells,it creates ____.

When the direct method of measuring mutation rates is used,estimates are made for a specific ____________________ over a number of ____________________.