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Can mutations be good bad or neutral?

Updated: 9/17/2019
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What effects can mutations have on organisms?

Many. Depending on the organism, mutations can cause things like four leaves on a clover, to polydactily or sicle cell anemia. The effects can be good, bad or neutral.


Are all mutations bad.?

No not all mutations are bad there are good mutations and bad mutations


How does a mutation change the form of an orgamism?

Some mutations are neutral because an amino acid can be more than one anti-codon. However, mutations that do cause change can be good, bad, or neutral depending on how it changes its' form. I don't want to go over all of them!


What are good mutations?

A third arm wouldn't be bad.


Is evolution good or bad?

Genetic mutations can be good or bad, but evolution refers specifically to those mutations that make an organism better able to survive and to perpetuate their species, which makes them generally a good thing.


Is mutation always bad true or false?

No, not all the time Mutations can be harmful, helpful, or neutral.


Do neutral mutations affect biodiversity?

Type your answer here... no, neutral mutations do not affect biodiversity as they are a simple change which does not affect the organism in any way


What is between good and bad?

Neutral.


Why are only neutral mutations useful for molecular clocks?

Only neutral mutations are useful for molecular clocks because they accumulate in the DNA of different species at the same rate, while other mutations do not.


Which mutations are NOT subject to natural selection - lethal physiological neutral or morphological?

Neutral mutations confer no benefits or handicaps and are therefore not affected by natural selection.


Is waluigi a good guy or a bad guy?

He is a neutral meaning not good or bad.


How do lethal mutations and neutral mutations differ?

Lethal mutations cause such a radical change that the organism cannot live with it and dies. A neutral mutation is a simple change that does not affect the organism in any way, such as a new eye colour.