A mutation is any change in the DNA.
Mutations provide the genetic variation that evolution by natural selection needs to select from.
Mutation is the cause of evolution. Mutation is what creates differences in individuals within a species, leading to diversion. Then "survival of the fittest" can occur.
Genetic mutation is one of the mechanisms for evolution.Micro-evolution by definition means very small changes in allele frequency (gene mutation).
For a mutation to affect evolution it must occur in the dominant allele. This allele is what is passed on.
Mutation can serve up the raw variation that natural selection selects from, thus alleles are changed over time in populations of organisms; evolution.
Mutation and Natural Selection
Without mutation there can be no evolution. Without evolution there can be no speciation.
Mutation is the cause of evolution. Mutation is what creates differences in individuals within a species, leading to diversion. Then "survival of the fittest" can occur.
The mutation theory is basically stating that mutation is one of the major factors that cause evolution. The mutation has to be a beneficial mutation, meaning that it has to help the survival of the organism that got the mutation. The mutation causes knew genes and diversity which can spread quickly throughout a population and eventually change the frequency of alleles (causes mutation) Remember the mutation has to be beneficial to the survival of the organism.
not by itself
A mutation is any change in the DNA. Mutations provide the genetic variation that evolution by natural selection needs to select from.
Genetic mutation is one of the mechanisms for evolution.Micro-evolution by definition means very small changes in allele frequency (gene mutation).
mutation brings about variation which is the basis of evolution and the two types of variation are heritable and non-heritable
For a mutation to affect evolution it must occur in the dominant allele. This allele is what is passed on.
Cell mutation
Mutation can serve up the raw variation that natural selection selects from, thus alleles are changed over time in populations of organisms; evolution.
Mutation and natural selection.
Together, genetic mutation and natural selection determine in what 'direction' evolution proceeds.