Mutations can give an organism diseases and all kinds of malfunctions of their organs. It can affects their life span and how they live about. Some mutations can be awful like that, but other times it can be very helpful and actually help an organism have a better life.
The offspring of the organism will have a mutation.
A mutation does not affect an organism trait for a reason. It is neutral which depends on the environment.
mutation can affect an organism's offspring
Chromosomal mutation
Mutations in sex cells do not affect the organism
A mutation in a sex cell means that the mutation can be passed on to the individuals offspring. If the mutation just occurred in a somatic cell, it would not be passed down.
It can have absolutely no affect, a bad affect, or even a good affect.*Deletion and Addition are frameshift: most harmful.
A mutation that affects the gametes of an organism is called
The Gene will code for a different protein than it should
The gene will code for a different protein than it should.
The gene will code for a different protein than it should.
The gene will code for a different protein than it should.