DNA and Genes Lab Activity
Pre Lab Questions:
1. What is the product of transcription?
2. What is the region of DNA called where transcription begins?
3. What is the product of translation?
4. In your own words define each of the following:
Silent mutation
Missense mutation
Nonsense mutation
Frame shift mutation
5. Where in the cell does translation take place?
Post Lab Questions
1. From the mutations you have explored, which one is the least severe. Explain your answer.
2. From the mutations you have explored, which one is the most severe. Why?
3. Aside from silent mutations which have no effect on amino acid sequence, are all mutations bad? Explain your answer.