Mutational (genotypic) variation

In this topic

• What is a mutation?
• Which cell? What effect?
• Three levels: gene, chromosome, genome
• Mutagens and Vavilov's law

Key terms

• Mutation
• Mutagen
• Generative mutation
• Somatic mutation
• Gene (point) mutation
• Frameshift
• Chromosomal mutation (aberration)
• Deletion
• Translocation
• Genomic mutation
• Polyploidy
• Aneuploidy (trisomy)

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