Table 82 -(Use Table 8

question 32

Multiple Choice

Table 8.2 $$\begin{array}{l}\underline{\text { Codon on mRNA and corresponding amino acid }}\\\begin{array} { l l l l } \text { UUA } & \text { leucine } & \text { UAA } & \text { nonsense } \\\text { GCA } & \text { alanine } & \text { AAU } & \text { sparagine } \\\text { AAG } & \text { lysine } & \text { UGC } & \text { cysteine } \\\text { GUU } & \text { valine } & \text { UCG, UCU } & \text { serine }\end{array}\end{array}$$
-(Use Table 8.2.) If a frameshift mutation occurred in a sequence of bases shown below, what would be the sequence of amino acids coded for?
3' ATTACGCTTTGC

• A) Asparagine- cysteine- valine- serine
• B) Leucine- arginine- lysine- alanine
• C) Asparagine- arginine- lysine- alanine
• D) Translation would stop at the first codon
• E) Can't tell

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Definitions:

Unicellular Organisms

Organisms made up of a single cell, capable of performing all necessary life functions independently.

Meiosis I

The first division in meiosis, a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half and leads to the production of gametes or sexual spores.

Mitosis

A form of cell division in which two new daughter cells are produced, each carrying an identical number and type of chromosomes as found in the original parent nucleus, commonly seen in normal tissue expansion.

Cell-Cycle Checkpoints

See cell-cycle control system.