WGU C785 Study Organizer Part 1 (Latest 2023 - 2024)
Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct
- describe the central dogma of life
Answer: Replication> Dna> Transcription> RNA> Translation> Protein
- point mutation
Answer: gene mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed
- silent mutation
Answer: A mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid coded for
- missense mutation
Answer: A base-pair substitution that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.
- nonsense mutation
Answer: subsitution of wrong nucleotide into DNA that produces an early stop codon.no further reading of the MRNA occurs and polypeptide synthesis ends.
- frameshift mutation
Answer: mutation that shifts the reading frame of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide. will change the amino acid coded for and the additions or deletions can lead to formation of stop codons, causing transcription to stop
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