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Why do mutations make organisms different from one another?
All the cells in a body have a specific function and purpose and have all developed themselves to be the best they can for that purpose (for example, muscle cells will need to move a lot and so they need a lot of ATP (energy) from the mitochondria whereas a cell somewhere else might need less mitochondria and more ribosomes to make proteins for growth). If there is a mutation in one of these cells it means that the cells function is no longer specific to what it was before, as the mutated cell replicates there are more and more copies of the mutated cells all serving a different function to the original one which makes them different to the organism with the original cells. (Thats just the changing of cells in one organism that could then be passed onto an organism of the same species - bt would still be differen). If the DNA mutates it will change the way all the bases on the DNA fit together - because DNA is what makes something what it is, a mutation here will cause the organism to change. This organism will then breed more and the genes will be passed by meiosis onto the daughter cells of the organism.
Why is it hard to classify organisms?
Many organisms are very similar, especially at the species level when dealing with same family and genus. Because of this, and because of the sometimes unclear relationships and development periods of each, some organisms might be difficult to classify, e.g. whether they are merely subspecies, or are different species, or are actually from a different genus but same family.
If a mutation happens within a gene how could this alter the protein that is made by the gene?
DNA codes forproteins. So, if the DNA is mutated, it directly affects the protein. Two examples of mutations are:A point mutation. In this situation, onebase pair(A, T, C, or G) is replaced with a different, incorrect one. When this happens and the DNA is read in order to synthesize a protein, this incorrect base pair can lead to the DNA codon (set of 3 base pairs) that codes for a different base pair than it should have. This causes the protein to have one incorrect amino acid in it. Also, this mutation does not always mutate the protein because some codons code for the same amino acid.A frame shift mutation. This type is much worse. In this case, a base pair is just inserted in to theDNA sequence. When this happens, the entire sequence following it is essentially pushed over one spot. Then, each set of 3 base pairs that would code for an amino acid is shifted so that, instead, you would have something like 2 base pairs and 1 base pair from the codon next to it. This causes every single codon to mutate, which essentially leads to every amino acid being different and therefore, the entire protein being different.I hope that made sense. Diagrams help.
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