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BI-114 BioConcepts for Teachers
3. Inheritance and Evolution
3.2. Mutation

based on Indiana's Academic Standards, Science,
as adopted by the Indiana State Board of Education, Nov 2000.

numbers refer to the age-appropriate grade-level for the content.


Review

Mutation

grades 5: to 8:

grades secondary: to college:

Mutation = "Any change in the allele for a trait"

causes:

expected history of mutation
caused by atomic bomb
at Hiroshima or Nagasaki
year relative
spouse
genotype phenotype
1948 P-1 none
MM
he: Mm
she: MM
normal
normal
1968 F-1 sibling
MM
MM= 50%
Mm= 50%
mm= 0%
normal= 50%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 0%
1988 F-2 1st cousin
MM
MM= 50%
Mm= 50%
mm= 0%
normal= 50%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 0%
2008 F-3 2nd cousin
MM
MM= 50%
Mm= 50%
mm= 0%
normal= 50%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 0%
2028 F-4 3rd cousin
MM
MM= 50%
Mm= 50%
mm= 0%
normal= 50%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 0%
2048 F-5 4th cousin
MM
MM= 50%
Mm= 50%
mm= 0%
normal= 50%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 0%
2068 F-6 5th cousin
Mm (5th cuz)
MM= 25%
Mm= 50%
mm= 25%
normal= 25%
carrier= 50%
mutant= 25%






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