DNA Mutations Answers

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What are the building blocks of proteins?

sugars

fats

amino acids

cells

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Mutations are permanent changes in the DNA sequence of a gene.

Mutations can affect the shape of the protein that is produced.

A change in the shape of the protein affects the function of the protein, which may affect the trait that is seen.

What are mutations, and how can they affect proteins?

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Identify and describe the three ways that mutations affect organisms.

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Mutations may be beneficial, harmful, or neutral to organisms.

A beneficial mutation produces a change that is useful to an organism.

A harmful mutation produces a change that is damaging to an organism.

A neutral mutation produces a change that is neither useful nor damaging to an organism.

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