Monday, October 10, 2011

3.32 - Type of Mutation


- Gene ---mutation---> new alleles 
- new alleles are responsible for the phenotype - could be beneficial or harmful or no effect (neutral) 
- Beneficial - improve efficiency of enzymes 
- Harmful - leads to the formation of an enzyme that doesn't work (non-functional) 
- Neutral - may not last forever and with environmental change it can become beneficial or harmful



No comments:

Post a Comment