All 5 Uses of
mutation
in
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
- They were told that August had what seemed to be a "previously unknown type of mandibulofacial dysostosis caused by an autosomal recessive mutation in the TCOF1 gene, which is located on chromosome 5, complicated by a hemifacial microsomia characteristic of OAV spectrum."
p. 104.3mutation = change in the genes that impacts biological traits
- Sometimes these mutations occur during pregnancy.
p. 104.4 *mutations = changes in the genes that determine biological traits
- In August's case, the doctors were able to identify one of the "single nucleotide deletion mutations" that made war on his face.
p. 104.8
- They use terms like "chromosome rearrangement," or "delayed mutation" to explain why their science is not an exact science.
p. 105.9
- There are countless people under words like "germline mosaicism," "chromosome rearrangement," or "delayed mutation."
p. 106.8
Definition:
a change in the genes that determine biological traits; or the result of the change