Question

1. Describe where genes are located and the function of genes.
Type your answer here: Genes are located within the Cells

2. Describe how changes (mutations) to genes can result in changes to proteins.
Type your answer here:

Answer 1

Explanation:

1 Genes are contained in chromosomes, which are in the cell nucleus.

2 Sometimes, gene variants (also known as mutations) prevent one or more proteins from working properly. By changing a gene's instructions for making a protein, a variant can cause a protein to malfunction or to not be produced at all.