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G and C are
complementary as
are A and T
chromatin
This .
. not this is
whats found in
the cell.
Simple As It Is in Principle,
DNA Replication Requires
Many Enzymes That Work
Coordinately
Mutation
Some mutation is good, too much is bad.
Cells employ elaborate mechanisms to prevent mutation but the
mechanisms arent perfect.
Mutations are the root cause of cancer (bad).
Mutations are the only way to introduce novel genes into a species
for evolution (good).
The effects of mutation are usually bad or neutral - only sometimes
are mutations beneficial.
So, just like Goldilocks not to hot, not too cold, just right the
optimal rate of new mutation is a balancing act.
Mutation as Villain
Whats a Gene?
A simple question - a complicated answer.
Alleles Revisited
Each form of a gene is an allele.
An example For the gene that
determines one of the polypeptide
chains in hemoglobin (the oxygen
carrying protein of blood), one allele
determines the standard form of the
polypeptide and another allele
determines a polypeptide form that
causes sickle cell anemia.
normal
red blood
cell
sickled
red blood
cell