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GENE MUTATION

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CHROMOSOMAL MUTATION
1.

Point Mutation

2.

Frameshift Mutation

3.

Silent Mutation

4.

Missense Mutation

5.

Nonsense Mutation
DELETION
TRANSITION
TRANSLOCATION
INVERSION
INSERTION

TRANSVERSION
 Insertion
 Deletion
Normal gene
GGTCTCCTCACGCCA
↓
CCAGAGGAGUGCGGU
Codons
↓
Pro-Glu-Glu-Cys-Gly
Amino acids

Addition mutation
GGTGCTCCTCACGCCA
↓
CCACGAGGAGUGCGG
U
↓
Pro-Arg-Gly-Val-Arg
Normal gene
GGTCTCCTCACGCCA
↓
CCAGAGGAGUGCGGU
Codons
↓
Pro-Glu-Glu-Cys-Gly
Amino acids

Deletion mutation
GGTC/CCTCACGCCA
↓
CCAGGGAGUGCGGU
↓
Pro-Gly-Ser-Ala-Val
3.

SILENT

4.

MISSENSE

5.

NONSENSE
Deletion

ABC *DEF
AC * DEF
Cri-du-chat
ABC * DEF
ABBC *DEF


Inversion

ABC * DEF
AED * CBF
Translocation

ABC * DEF GHI *JKL
ABC *JKL

GHI *DEF
Down Syndrome
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Klinefelter’s Syndrome
› XXY, XXYY, XXXY
› Male
› Sterility
› Small testicles
› Breast enlargement
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XYY Syndrome
› Normal male traits
› Often tall and thin
› Associated with antisocial and behavioral

problems
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Turner’s Syndrome
› X
› Female
› sex organs don't mature at adolescence
› sterility
› short stature
XXX Syndrome
o Trisomy X
o Female
o tall stature
o learning disabilities
o limited fertility
Mutation
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Mutation