Define "point mutations."

Be familiar with pleitropy.

Listen. Be familiar with point mutations and how that manifests itself into something like Sickle Cell Anemia.

Genetic Mutation: Different Forms of Point Mutations

Define "silent mutation."

List the three ways a mutation may be "silent."

Define missense.

Define nonsense.

Genetic Mutation: Insertion and Deletion

Understand what a frameshift mutation is and how it can be caused by insertion or deletion.

Genetic Screening

Be familiar with amniocentesis, CVS, fetoscope, and ultrasound.

List the major disadvantages to amniocentesis.

List the major advantages to CVS.

Actually George neglects to state that there are a significant number of birth defects and miscarriages associated with CVS... putting it in the same hazardous column as amniocentesis.

Define fetoscopy.

Define ultrasound.