Mutations Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- neutral : a mutation that is neither beneficial or harmful
- nonsense : substitution that changes the amino acid to a stop
- anticodon : sequence of three bases in a trna molecule
- insertion : mutation where extra base is added
- uracil : in trna, adenine pairs with this
- missense : substitution that changes the amino acid
- deletion : a mutation where a base is lost
- thymine : in dna, adenine pairs with this
- allele : variation of a specific gene
- hydrogen bonds : what connects the bases (2 words)
- codon : a sequence of 3 bases that codes for an amino acide
- amino acid : considered to be the building blocks of polypeptides and proteins
- cytoplasm : translation occurs in the _ , specifically on the ribosomes
- ribosome : what the trna latch onto after transcription
- mutation : change in a gene or chromosome
- frame shift : mutation where the reading "frame" changes, changing the amino acid sequence
- point : mutation where one use is substituted for another
- genetic code : mutations can change the _ and be replicated when forming new cells (2 words)
- silent : a substitution that does not change the amino acid
- double helix : structure of dna
