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Will a mutation that occurs in a skin cell be passed on to organism offspring?
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∙ 11y ago
Depends on how likely the mutation is to occur (how dominate) and on the genetics of the other parent. If the offspring is a clone, the mutation will be passed from parent to clone.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoNo as this type of cell cannot produce reproductive gametes.
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What do you call a change in the hereditary instructions of an organism?
which is a change in an organism's genes that can be passed from parent to offspring
A mutation in a DNA molecule is passed to offspring only when the mutation occurs in a?
a cell wall
Why does a mutation in a sex cell affect an organism?
It only affects the offspring of the organism.
What can predict whether a mutation in a human skin cell can be passed to its offspring?
A mutation in a human skin cannot be passed on to an offspring, since it is only a somatic mutation which is acquired. The mutation that can be passed on to an offspring is called a germline mutation, which happens in the egg and sperm.
Why are somatic mutations generally less important than germ mutations?
Because the somatic mutation only produces the color of the iris of the eye. The germ mutation is in charge of the cell which will produce a gamete. It may be passed onto the offspring. So the somatic mutation isn't as important as the germ mutation.
What will mutation do if it occurs in a sex cell?
There offspring with mutations
What do you call a change in the hereditary instructions of an organism?
which is a change in an organism's genes that can be passed from parent to offspring
How can a mutation be passed on to offspring?
A mutation can be passed on if it occurs in a sex cell. This is because offspring have a copy of the parent's genetic code, so any mutation that is present here will also be present in the offspring.
A mutation in a DNA molecule is passed to offspring only when the mutation occurs in a?
a cell wall
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.
Why does a mutation in a sex cell affect an organism?
It only affects the offspring of the organism.
What type of mutation occurs in reproductive cells and can be passed to offspring?
Sex cells
If mutation occurs in somatic cells could the change be passed on by the mutant to its offspring?
Not with natural reproduction. If you cloned the parent that had the somatic mutation, you could pass it on to the offspring if you used the nucleus from the cell that had the somatic mutation.
Moving fragments of DNA from one organism and inserting then into another organism?
if the mutation occurs in the autosomes, the trait is not passed
Can a mutation be passed on to offspring?
Not usually. Only In certain circumstances, can a mutation be passed on to offspring; such as Downs-syndrome.
Can mutations be passed from parents to offspring?
You can probably get a better idea from Wikipedia's article on Mutations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation
What is it called when replication is messed up?
Mutation occurs, if a mutation is recessive it is not expressed in the phenotype, if however it is dominant when passed on in the offspring it is expressed in the phenotype.
