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© Cengage Learning 2015
8.5 What Causes Mutations?
• Mistakes can and do occur during DNA replication
• Examples:
– The wrong base is added to a growing DNA strand
– A nucleotide gets lost, or an extra one slips in
© Cengage Learning 2015
What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.)
• Most replication errors occur because DNA polymerases
work very fast
• Luckily, most DNA polymerases also proofread their work
– They can correct a mismatch by reversing the synthesis
reaction to remove the mispaired nucleotide
© Cengage Learning 2015
What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.)
• Replication errors may occur after a cell’s DNA gets
broken or damaged
– DNA polymerases do not copy damaged DNA very well
• When proofreading and repair mechanisms fail, an error
becomes a mutation
– A permanent change in the DNA sequence of a cell’s
chromosome
© Cengage Learning 2015
What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.)
A B
© Cengage Learning 2015
What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.)
• Mutations can form in any type of cell
– Those that occur during egg or sperm formation can be passed
to offspring
• Mutations that alter DNA’s instructions may have a
harmful or lethal outcome
– Most cancers begin with a mutation
• Not all mutations are dangerous
– Some give rise to variation in traits; basis for evolution
© Cengage Learning 2015
Agents of DNA Damage
• Ionizing radiation from x-rays, most UV light, and gamma
rays may cause DNA damage:
– Breaks DNA
– Causes covalent bonds to form between bases on opposite
strands
– Fatally alters nucleotide bases
– Causes adjacent nucleotide dimers to form
© Cengage Learning 2015
Agents of DNA Damage (cont’d.)
© Cengage Learning 2015
Agents of DNA Damage (cont’d.)
a thymine dimer

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8.5

  • 1. © Cengage Learning 2015 8.5 What Causes Mutations? • Mistakes can and do occur during DNA replication • Examples: – The wrong base is added to a growing DNA strand – A nucleotide gets lost, or an extra one slips in
  • 2. © Cengage Learning 2015 What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.) • Most replication errors occur because DNA polymerases work very fast • Luckily, most DNA polymerases also proofread their work – They can correct a mismatch by reversing the synthesis reaction to remove the mispaired nucleotide
  • 3. © Cengage Learning 2015 What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.) • Replication errors may occur after a cell’s DNA gets broken or damaged – DNA polymerases do not copy damaged DNA very well • When proofreading and repair mechanisms fail, an error becomes a mutation – A permanent change in the DNA sequence of a cell’s chromosome
  • 4. © Cengage Learning 2015 What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.) A B
  • 5. © Cengage Learning 2015 What Causes Mutations? (cont’d.) • Mutations can form in any type of cell – Those that occur during egg or sperm formation can be passed to offspring • Mutations that alter DNA’s instructions may have a harmful or lethal outcome – Most cancers begin with a mutation • Not all mutations are dangerous – Some give rise to variation in traits; basis for evolution
  • 6. © Cengage Learning 2015 Agents of DNA Damage • Ionizing radiation from x-rays, most UV light, and gamma rays may cause DNA damage: – Breaks DNA – Causes covalent bonds to form between bases on opposite strands – Fatally alters nucleotide bases – Causes adjacent nucleotide dimers to form
  • 7. © Cengage Learning 2015 Agents of DNA Damage (cont’d.)
  • 8. © Cengage Learning 2015 Agents of DNA Damage (cont’d.) a thymine dimer

Editor's Notes

  1. Figure 8.12 How a replication error can become a mutation.
  2. Figure 8.13 Exposure to ionizing radiation causes mutations.
  3. A thymine dimer.