What are genetic mutations and what causes them? 7 Articles

by Jacob Cohen-Donnelly

A mutation is the change in the genetic code whether it be through the DNA or the RNA. In essence, the many base pairs continue to appear and appear over the chain and from time to time, there is an error. However, what ...read more

by John Traveler

Mitosis is the process by which one cell divides and becomes two. During mitosis, a chemical reaction called transcription disrupts the meta stable hydrogen bonds that hold the two single strands of the DNA molecule in its...read more

by Christine Anderson

A mutation is a change in the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) genetic code. Geneticists usually qualify the definition of a mutation to mean that the change in the genetic code is a permanent change. Changes in the DNA can i...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

In genetics, a mutation is a variation in the sequence of DNA bases. This modification is HEREDITARY, because transmitted to sons who will produce, in their turn, one or more modified proteins. If these proteins are enzy...read more

by Alisha Mendonsa

DNA is the basic genetic material in cells and any changes to the base sequence of the DNA strand result in a mutation. Mutations more commonly refer to the changes in the coding segments of the DNA strand, or genes as the...read more

by Indu Sastri

Any changes in the base sequence of the genetic material is known as a mutation. Depending on the types of cells they are present on these may be somatic (that are not inherited) or they may be germ line (inherited). Mutat...read more

by Ly Hua

Though the most common understanding of genetic mutations is a simple change in the order of DNA base pairs, there is another growing sector of genetics that deal with epi-genomes. This new approach zooms out a little wid...read more