Saturday, November 5, 2011

3.32 Types of mutation

The mutation in a gene creating new alleles can be, beneficial, harmful or nuetral ( neither positive or negative)



An example of a beneficial mutation can be improving the efficiency of an enzyme.

An example of a harmful mutation can be production of a enzyme that doesn’t work.

An example of a nuetral mutation can be production of  that has no particular effect on an idividual, though in the long run it may due to environmental changes.



3.33  Antibiotic Resistance

How resistance to antibiotics can increase in bacterial population.



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