sex-linked trait - carried on the X-chromosome, point mutation - a gene mutation at one spot on a chromosome, frameshift mutation - a shift in the reading frame of a gene due to an insertion or deletion of a base or codon, substitution - a wrong base pair is substituted for another causing a point mutation, gene mutation - affects a single gene, chromosome mutation - affects many genes on that chromosome, translocation - a broken piece of a chromosome is stuck to a non-homologous chromosome, somatic mutation - happens in body cells; does not get passed on to offspring, germ mutation - happens in reproductive cells; gets passed on to offspring, insertion - extra nucleotide(s) added into the DNA sequence causing a frameshift mutation,

Genetic Mutations Vocabulary

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