HMB265H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism, Allele Frequency, Dna Replication
Lecture 3: Molecular Basis of Genetic Polymorphisms & Their Detection
Mutations are the source of allelic variation
• Mutation is the process whereby genes change from one allelic form to another. The creation of entirely new
alleles can occur
o Creates variation
• Genes mutate randomly, at any time and in any cell of an organism
• Can arise spontaneously during normal replication, or can be induced by a mutagen
• Only mutations in germ line cells can be transmitted to progeny. Somatic mutations can not be transmitted
• Inherited mutations appear as alleles in populations of individuals
• Allele frequency is the percentage of the total number of gene copies represented by one allele
o Wild-type: allele whose frequency is ≥ 1%
o Mutant allele: allele whose frequency is < 1%
o Monomorphic: gene with only one wild-type allele
o Polymorphic: gene with more than one wild-type allele
▪ Detectable change (difference) in a given locus/gene
• Forward mutation: changes wild-type allele to a different allele
• Reverse mutation: causes novel mutation to revert back to wild-type (reversion)
• Mutations affecting phenotype occur very rarely
• Different genes mutate at different rates
o Mutation rate varies from 1 in 1000 to 1 in 1,000,000,000 per gamete per generation
• Rate of forward mutation is almost always higher than rate of reverse mutation
• Mutation can occur during normal DNA replication
• Mutation rate can increase after exposure to mutagen
o UV light, chemicals
Classification of Mutations
• Wild type: is the starting sequence
• Substitution: base is replaced by one of the other three bases
• Deletion: block of one or more DNA pairs is lost
• Insertion: block of one or more DNA pairs is added
• Inversion: rotation of piece of DNA
• Reciprocal translocation: parts of nonhomologous chromosomes change places
• Chromosomal rearrangements: affect many genes at one time
• SNP’s are single nucleotide polymorphisms
o They are alleles where only a single base is changed
Gene Expression and Alleles
• Allelic differences at the DNA level can influence mRNA expression and/or protein function, and thus the
phenotype
• Important domain of an enzyme is the active site
o If there is a mutation in the mRNA code than a different protein could be made and result in a disease due
to the non-functional protein
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