Animal mutation

Mutations are random changes in the genetic information of an organism. These lead to new varieties and traits in an organism. Most are harmful, but a few are neutral or even beneficial.There are two main types of genetic mutations: a point mutation and a frameshift mutation. In a point mutation, one of the bases(chemicals) in the chain of DNA is replaced by a different base. In a frameshift mutation, one base pair is "deleted," so it throws off all of the codons(triplets) in the DNA sequence, leading to different proteins that are usually useless or harmful.