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Lots of things, the most common of which is cancer.
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Large scale study of proteins that contain the genetic material?
You might need to re-phrase your question. At the moment it sounds like you're talking about viruses?
What is ment by genetic mutation?
A mutation is any change to a strand of DNA which is passed on to an organism's offspring.DNA mutations are caused usually by chemical interactions or radiation (natural and manmade), and most are harmless.The only ones which cause serious defects (that I know of) are changes to sperm or egg cells, stem cells (which might ultimately be responsible for the DNA and development of an entire region of your anatomy) and changes which cause cancer.If a fetus or embryo is exposed to intense radiation, they will be at high-risk for harmful genetic mutations because their body is still developing, whereas an adult will be relatively immune since most of the time if a strand of DNA in a cell is damaged the cell just dies and is replaced.
Genetic codes contain what?
the contain what you look like and mabye what your kids will look like but i might be wrong
Are there any genetic conditions that can be confused with Down syndrome?
No, there are not. Someone might, but not normally.
Genetic science will help cure all diseases?
Gene medicine might be a method of cuuring genetic disorders in the future. Sources: Biology degree
What might happen to a plant that has a genetic mutation that result in shorter roots?
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What might happen to. A plant that has a genetic mutation that results in shorter roots?
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What might happen to a plant that has genetic mutation that results in shorter roots?
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What are agents that might damage DNA called?
Mutagen is the name of environmental agents that can cause defects in genetic material.
What is the Genetic material for SEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
chromosomes which cotains strands of DNA( deoxynucleic acid, I might be little off on it) and RNA.
Why are chromosome mutations potentially more serious than gene mutations?
In chromosomes there is a lot of non-coding DNA and a small modification might not cause any problem while in genes if you make a small change it might cause an enzyme to be defective and not work properly or not work at all and therefore a pathway might be disrupted and cause a disorder. So both of them might be dangerous, but the gene mutation as a much higher probability of being it. Genes and Chromosomes Essentially represent the same entity, the Unit of Genetic Expression.
Why do eukaryotes have introns in DNA?
As you might know, introns DNA is something you can called 'Junk Fragments'. It didn't contain any information. So its function as a protection to the coding fragment (exon...maybe i misspell it ). DNA is subjected to many kind of mutation caused by chemical compounds or physical cause (gamma rays, for example). With Intron, when there's a mutation, there's a high probability that the one which subjected to the mutation is intron not exon. This way, eukaryote cells might survive from genetic mutation. Human has a large number of intron in one gene. It cause human to survive from many kind of mutation.
How do you get a white stallion on FarmVille?
You gotta breed 2 horses a couple of times, and there might be a genetic mutation, allowing you to have a white stallion.
How can you get super power?
possibly. maybe some people naturally have them, because of genetic mutation and others might have them because the government might secretly be experimenting, you never know.
WHAT HAPPEN IF YOU CHANGE A SINGLE BASE CODON?
If one base in a codon was changed, this would be a point mutation. This may not cause any change in the structure of the protein, or it could be severely damaging. Since most amino acids have more than one codon, it's possible that the mutation would result in one of the other codons for that amino acid. In that case, there would be no change in the sequence of amino acids, and no change in the structure or function of the protein. A point mutation might also result in a codon that codes for a totally different amino acid, which can cause a genetic disorder. One example of a genetic disorder caused by a point mutation is sickle cell anemia. It's also possible that the point mutation could cause the codon to code for a stop signal. Please read the article in the related links for more information.
Isare the raw material of evolutionary change?
Mutations are essential to evolution. Every genetic feature in every organism was, initially, the result of a mutation. The new genetic variant (allele) spreads via reproduction, and differential reproduction is a defining aspect of evolution. It is easy to understand how a mutation that allows an organism to feed, grow or reproduce more effectively could cause the mutant allele to become more abundant over time. Soon the population may be quite ecologically and/or physiologically different from the original population that lacked the adaptation. Even deleterious mutations can cause evolutionary change, especially in small populations, by removing individuals that might be carrying adaptive alleles at other genes.
What might happen if the order of the base pairs of the DNA molecule were changed?
you get a mutation which could be good/bad/ or neutral, depends on the location
