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Summary:

A mutation is a change in genetic material, nucleic acids to be exact. Both internal and external factors can cause mutations. An example of and external factor would be smoking, or exposure to UV rays. An internal factor would be a mess while DNA was replicating. Mutations are completely random. The result can be helpful, harmful, or neutral. Gene mutations can be cause by insertion, substitution, or deletion. Substitution is when there is a wrong base match. Insertion is when a base is added. Deletion is when a base is deleted. Insertion and deletion are much more dangerous that a substitution. Chromosome mutations include duplication, deletion, inversion, and translocation. Duplication is when there are extra copies of chromosomes. Deletion is when a piece of chromosome breaks off. Inversion is when a chromosome is reversed or flipped. Translocation is when a piece of chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome.

S&EP-Using Models:
After completing a scenario sheet, we drew our superhero child as an adult. This was a very interesting activity as many possibilities may happen. My superhero's child was completely healthy. He was at risk for two different scenarios which meant that it could or could not happen. Upon flipping the coin to see if he would take the healthy option or diseased, it ended up that my superhero offspring was healthy. My other classmates superhero children was much different than mine. One of my classmates drawing was the offspring in a hospital bed and hair loss, while another had five different diseases. There was everything from completely healthy to almost dead. Drawing out the effects instead of reading about them really shows how the effects affect your body.


XCC-Cause And Effect:
Even though the DNA you receive from your parents makes you who you are other things such as what the mother does when she's expecting and what you do when growing can influence how you turn out to be. We went through many scenarios including diet, exercise, amount of sleep and more to see the result. After completing that task we had to flip a coin three times. If it landed on tails zero to one times the child would have the healthier option, if the coin landed on tails twice the child would be at risk of the unhealthy option and if it landed on tails three times the child would definitely have the unhealthy option. We used this information and created an drawing of our superhero as an adult. It was interesting to see how different some drawings looked just because of some small decisions.


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