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Are all mutation detrimental

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Certainly not, some mutations create novelty in the organisms.

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What are two types of mutation?

From another angle: beneficial and detrimental.


What is the change in the DNA when the rays mutation?

Radiation induced mutation (changes in DNA) is on a purely random basis (and so is ALMOST always detrimental).


How mutations can affect organisms?

It depends on if it is in the germ line or in a somatic Cell. In the germ line a mutation can cause birth defects or lethal mutations. In somatic Cells it can cause cancer. The Genetic Mutation will have either of these effects: either beneficial or detrimental.


How do you put detrimental in a sentence?

Smoking, drinking, and eating razor blades are all detrimental to your health.


How do organisms adapt?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.


How organisms adapt?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.


How does a adapts to its environment?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.


A mutation is helpful depending on whether it makes the living thing?

A mutation is considered beneficial if it confers a selective advantage that improves the organism's chances of survival and reproduction in its environment. Harmful mutations typically decrease an organism's fitness and can be detrimental to its survival. The impact of a mutation on an organism's survival depends on the specific environment and circumstances in which it finds itself.


How can mutation be useful?

One use is in virology. A few AIDS medications work by mutating the virus into a strain that is hopefully less virulent. There is also evolution. Mutations in offspring can add beneficial traits or detrimental ones. Beneficial ones get passed down, detrimental ones usually don't


How do living organisms adapt?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.


How do prawns adapt to life?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.


What is the environment of the Kalahari bushmen like?

Animals do not consciously adapt to their environment. Adaptations come about through mutant variations, most of which are detrimental. However, occasionally a mutation will be beneficial and allow the creature to survive more easily. Such a creature has more chances to procreate and pass on the successful mutation or gene.