What are mutations? ("What Is a Mutation?" Learn.Genetics™. ) A mutation is a chang in the DNA sequence of a gene. There are different types of mutations. Some are Synonymouse, Nonsynonymouse, Point mutations and Genetic Engineering (Loewe). Synonymouse mutations are when many amino acid's sequence are encoded by lots of condons. Nonsynonymouse mutations is when an amino acid's sequence is changed. Point mutations are the smallest mutations. They happen when one single base pair is changed into another base pair. Genetic Engineering moves genes from one organism to another. Mutations can either be harmfull, Beneficial or neutral, It depends on why and where their located. In the Hunger Games, most of the mutations where harmfull. They mostley wanted to kill the players! mutations are harmfull, Most of the time. 37 people have died and 1500 people were partially paralysed! People mutate food too ("Genetic Engineering.").The problem with that is that when people mutate it , they don't test it to make sure it's safe to eat. This is dangerouse because mutated food can cause people to have an allergic reaction to it and they can die.
Something i would like to know is "Why do people mutate when it's so dangerouse?".
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"What Is a Mutation?" Learn.Genetics™. The Children's Tumor Foundation. Web. 06 Dec. 2011. <http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/archive/mutations/index.html>.
i think this is a great report on mutations...may i ask what foods were mutated during the hunger games? i don't remember.
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