Mutations Activity Biology Worksheets Page 4

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Questions:

1. What is the significance of choosing a number at random to determine how to mutate the DNA?

2. Did your mutation in trial 1 cause a change in the amino acid sequence produced? How about during

trial 2? Explain why or why not.

3. Compare your own outcome in trial 1, to your own outcome in trial 2. What do you notice?

4. Compare the outcomes in trial 1 with your group. Did anyone produce the same exact protein?

5. Is it possible to have a mutation in nucleotide 4 that would produce the same amino acid?

6. Could any mutations have occurred in nucleotide 6 that would produce the same amino acid as was

produced from the original DNA sequence?

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