Question

A student wrote several field observations in the data table below. Which term best classifies the student's observations?

A) A silent mutation causes a change in phenotype.
B) A silent mutation alters the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein directly.
C) A silent mutation can be easily detected without sequencing the gene.
D) A silent mutation does not change the function of a protein.

Answer 1

Germline mutations occur in gametes. Somatic mutations occur in other body cells.

Chromosomal alterations are mutations that change chromosome structure.

Point mutations change a single nucleotide.

Frameshift mutations are additions or deletions of nucleotides that cause a shift in the reading frame.