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Genetics Mutation Webquest
Genetics Mutation Webquest
Genetics Mutation Webquest
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1. What is DNA? A long sequence of small units strung together and a set of instructions for your body
Types of mutations
2. What causes sickle cell anemia? A substitution inside the beta- hemoglobin gene
5. What is an insertion mutation? Mutations which extra base pairs are interested into
Causes of mutations
3. What are the only types of mutations that matter to large-scale evolution? THAT CAN PASS TO THE
OFFSPRING