[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Surveys different types of mutations.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Everyone has mutations. Mutations are essential for evolution to occur. This tutorial defines mutations and explains the different types: somatic mutations, germline...

A webpage briefly explaining how a mutation in DNA and RNA can cause the wrong protein to be synthesized. Understand that DNA & RNA are long string of nucleotides that codes protein. The mutations shown include deletion, duplication,...

Mutations can cause a permanent change in the DNA of an organism. Over many generations, organisms have adapted through mutation which involves small changes between organisms which may allow that organism to compete better for survival....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how mutation or abnormal numbers of chromosomes result in genetic disorders.

This article contains information on how DNA is repaired to prevent mutated damage from interrupting DNA processes.

Given illustrations or partial DNA sequences, students will identify changes in DNA and the significance of these changes.

A complete, student-paced lesson on genetics and inheritance. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how mutation or abnormal numbers of chromosomes result in genetic disorders.