GENE MUTATIONS Edited By Marissa MUTATIONS What do

GENE MUTATIONS Edited By: Marissa

MUTATIONS What do you think of when you hear mutations? (Type your answer below this) When I hear mutations, I think of one animal that has something wrong with it making it different from the rest of it’s species.

FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT DNA is made up of base pairs. A is paired up with T and C is paired up with G. The combinations of those base pairs make up genes.

GENETIC MUTATIONS DEFINITION A genetic mutation is when the base pairs change. When these base pairs change, it causes the gene to change. That means the trait is now different.

TYPES OF MUTATIONS Substitution: is when two base pairs get switched.

TYPES OF MUTATIONS Insertion: is when an extra base is added to the DNA that shouldn't be there.

TYPES OF MUTATIONS Deletion: is when there is a missing base in the DNA.

THE STORY OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES In 1969, a young boy was carrying four baby turtles home from the pet shop. A blind man was crossing the road when a truck labeled "T. C. R. I. " almost ran him down. A young man behind the boy with the Turtles ran out to save the blind man, bumping the boy with the turtles and knocking the jar from his hands. The jar broke when it landed in the gutter, and the Turtles were washed down a sewer drainage grate. As the truck swerved, the back doors flew open. A container of green glowing goo fell out and was subsequently washed down the drain with the baby turtles. The turtles landed safely, until the jar of goo fell beside them, coating them with its contents. Moments later, Splinter came across the babies, gathering them into a can. He didn't realize he was coating himself with the green goo as he gathered them up. In very little time, Splinter and the turtles evolved and mutated into anthropomorphic beings with intelligence and emotion rivaling that of a human. Their mutation near completion, and educated, the rat named the Turtles after Renaissance artists Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Raphael. For the next fifteen years, Splinter raised and instructed the young turtles, his sons, in the martial arts in order avenge his master.

HOW MUTATIONS OCCUR Below, type in the external and internal factors that cause mutations ): External: Radiation, Chemicals and Animals. Internal: During the initial phase of cell reproduction