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Mutations occur due to DNA damage from environmental factors, such as UV light, nuclear radiation, or certain chemicals such as mutagens or carcinogens. Mutations also occur due to mistakes in DNA replication.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt really depends on what kind of mutation your talking about. Different mutations have different causes but the most coomon one is a genetic disorder when the genes are messed up.
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∙ 14y ago* UV * radiation * various carcinogenics * smoke * bad luck
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∙ 13y agofree radicals (very electronegative ions), mistakes, drugs
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Whats a change in gene or chromosome?
A change in a gene or chromosome is called a: Mutation
A mutation that involves a single nucleotide is called a(an)?
Point Mutation- a type of gene mutation in which only a single nucleotide in a gene has been changed.
What is the term for any permanent change in a gene of chromosome?
The permanent change in a gene or a chromosome is called Mutation.
What is the sudden change in a gene called?
The sudden change in a gene is called a mutation.
A change in a gene is called?
A mutation
What gene mutation causes sociopaths?
Nobody has found a specific gene mutation yet (and not everybody thinks that there is one).
What is the type of mutation that causes crohn's disease?
A frameshift mutation in the CARD15 gene
What is an mutation?
An Inversion mutation is a mutation that causes a reversal in the order of a segment of a chromosome within the chromosome, or a gene.
What is the type of mutation that causes Leukemia disorder?
It's a gene mutation. And it is different for each organ.
Which emission causes gene mutation?
any ionizing radiationUVBmutagenic chemicalsretroviri
What term refers to a factor that causes a change in a gene or chromosome?
mutation
Whats a change in gene or chromosome?
A change in a gene or chromosome is called a: Mutation
What is the type of mutation that causes deafness?
that would be a hereditary thing not a gene mutaion
What causes fibrodisplasia osificante progresiva?
a mutation in the ACVR1 gene, basically genetics
A mutation that involves a single nucleotide is called a(an)?
Point Mutation- a type of gene mutation in which only a single nucleotide in a gene has been changed.
What is the term for any permanent change in a gene of chromosome?
The permanent change in a gene or a chromosome is called Mutation.
What is the sudden change in a gene called?
The sudden change in a gene is called a mutation.
