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Mutations - Coggle Diagram
Mutations
Definitions
Mutations
Sudden changes in the genetic material of an organism are known as mutations.
Mutants
Organsims which posses those changes
Variants
Changes in an organisms phenotype are known as variants
Mutagens
Factors which can cause mutations are known as Mutagens
Types of mutations
From a cellular-level
Based on causes of mutation
Spontaneous Mutations
Slow mutations which may occur naturally
Induced Mutations
Faster mutations which are induced through an agent
Based on tissue of orgins
Somatic Mutations
Mutations which occur in a somatic cell(diploid)
Germinal Mutations
Mutations which occur in a somatic or reproductive cell(haploid)
Based on direction of mutations
Forward mutations
Mutations which occur to the following genreation
Reverse Mutations
Mutations which
From a chromosome level
Deletion
A mutation where a segment of a chromosome is lost
Invertion
A mutation where a segment of a chromosome breaks, flips, and reattaches
Duplication
A mutation where a gene sequence repeats
Translocations
A mutation where part of a chromosome is tranferred to another
From a nucleotide level(Gene Mutations)
Point mutation
A mutation where a single nucleotide gets altered
Frameshift mutation
A mutation where more than one nucleotides gets altered.