Bio 181 Exam 4 - Dr. A with correct answers

Bio 181 Exam 4 - Dr. A "Molecular Translator", correspondence between codons and amino acids - correct answer Genetic code What is the start codon and what does it code for? - correct answer AUG; methionine (MET) shared and used by almost all organisms living and extinct? - correct answer Universal Each codon specifies for only 1 amino acid - correct answer unambiguous a given amino acid can be specified by more than 1 codon - correct answer redundant codons that specify for the same amino acid, they share that first/second bases - correct answer conservative what are the changes in DNA sequence, results in mismatches during dna replication, and has about 1 error in i billion bases added? - correct answer point mutations what is the term that doesn't change the polypeptide sequence? - correct answer silent what is the term that changes 1 amino acid in a polypeptide? - correct answer missence what is the term that introduces an early stop codon? - correct answer nonsence what is the insertion/deletion of 1 nucleotide, changes the reading frame, and has the largest effect? - correct answer frameshift