Thursday, 6 October 2011

3.32

3.32 understand that many mutations are harmful but some are neutral and a few are beneficial
First copy of the gene à mutation à new alleles (responsible for phenotype) à results: beneficial, neutral or harmful. Examples:
Beneficial: improve efficiency of enzyme
Harmful: production of non-functional enzyme
Neutral: at first neutral, may become beneficial or harmful after environmental change

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