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Where will a mutation would most likely affect a cows offspring?
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What would be least likely to happen as a result of a mutation in a person's skin cells?
The person's offspring will have mutated skin.
Why cant mutation in a human cell be passed to an offspring?
It is all dependent on where the mutation takes place. If, for example, there is a mutation in one of your skin cells, this will not be passed on to the offspring. This is because in order to pass it on to the offspring the mutation has to be present in the offspring itself. Since the offspring is created from the egg and sperm of the parents, the skin cell has nothing to do with the offspring. But if there was a mutation in the egg or the sperm, there would be some sort of mutation found in the offpspring.
Would a skin cell mutation on your hand affect your offspring?
No. Skin cells are somatic cells. Your offspring come from gametes which are made by germ line cells. Only mutations in germ line cells or your gametes are passed on to your offspring.
Why do persons having a mutation pass this condition on to their offspring?
Genes are passed down from parents to offspring. That's why the mutant gene would be in the offspring.
How would a mutation affect the next generation?
If the mutation were in the gametes. Male and female reproductive cells.
What mutations would most likely affect a person's offspring?
Any mutation could do so.
How does a mutation in a cell affect an 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.
What would be least likely to happen as a result of a mutation in a person's skin cells?
The person's offspring will have mutated skin.
Why cant mutation in a human cell be passed to an offspring?
It is all dependent on where the mutation takes place. If, for example, there is a mutation in one of your skin cells, this will not be passed on to the offspring. This is because in order to pass it on to the offspring the mutation has to be present in the offspring itself. Since the offspring is created from the egg and sperm of the parents, the skin cell has nothing to do with the offspring. But if there was a mutation in the egg or the sperm, there would be some sort of mutation found in the offpspring.
Would a skin cell mutation on your hand affect your offspring?
No. Skin cells are somatic cells. Your offspring come from gametes which are made by germ line cells. Only mutations in germ line cells or your gametes are passed on to your offspring.
Why a mutation that limits flight would not be passed on to offspring?
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What mutations would most likely affect a cow's offspring?
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Why does a mutation in a sex cell affect an organism?
It only affects the offspring of the organism.
Why do persons having a mutation pass this condition on to their offspring?
Genes are passed down from parents to offspring. That's why the mutant gene would be in the offspring.
A mutation that can be inherited by offspring would result from?
A Base Substitution In Gametes During Meiosis
How would a mutation affect the next generation?
If the mutation were in the gametes. Male and female reproductive cells.
What would most unpredictably affect an ecosystem?
a mutation in native bacteria
