Mutation - can result from DNA copying mistakes made during cell division ., Mutagens - agents that cause alteration in the DNA and can lead to permanent mutations., Point mutation - type of mutation in DNA or RNA wherein one single nucleotide base is deleted, added, or altered., Frameshift mutation - happens when the normal sequence of codons is disorganized by the insertion or deletion of one or more nitrogenous bases, Nonsense mutation - results in the formation of a stop codon due to the substitution of one nitrogenous base., Missense mutation - one nitrogenous base of the DNA is replaced and the result is an altered codon but does not form a stop codon, Conservative mutation - new amino acid formed has the same properties of the one that was supposed to be produced., Non-conservative mutation - When the new amino acid formed has different properties of the one that was supposed to be produced., Silent mutation - happens when a nitrogenous base is altered but the same amino acid is produced., Deletion - happens when a base is deleted from the nitrogen base sequence., Duplication - occurs when a part of a chromosome is copied (duplicated) too many times., Inversion - a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end., Insertion - the addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence., Translocation - occurs when a segment or part of a chromosome are exchanged., Down Syndrome - known as trisomy 21,

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