Question

Students are modeling how genes produce proteins by using wooden tiles with letters to represent the genes. In this model, the words that the combination of letters produce represents the proteins. If the tiles spelled out READ, a mutation would change the letters to READINESS because it changes one or more letters to spell a different word.
correct or incorrect

Answer 1

These are the options for number 1
Readiness, radar, study, dear
Number 2
it creates any word that is spelled with the same letters
it changes one or more letters to spell a different word
it creates any word that is spelled with the same letters
it makes different words with the same meaning

Answer 2

The statement is incorrect. In the model described, if the tiles originally spelled out the word "READ" and then were changed to spell "READINESS," it doesn’t just involve a mutation but rather a combination of adding letters and rearranging them to form a longer word. A mutation typically refers to a change or alteration in a single gene (or in this case, a single word) that could result in a different protein (or a different word).

In genetic terms, a mutation usually involves a change in the sequence of nucleotides in a gene, which could alter the protein produced. Simply adding letters to change "READ" to "READINESS" does not fit the traditional definition of a mutation; it would be more appropriate to say that "READ" has been expanded or modified rather than mutated.