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Example: a mutation confers the ability to withstand warmer temperatures, while at the same time reducing the ability to withstand cold.

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Does the environment determine if a mutation is harmful of helpful?

If it is harmful it will not survive long


Whether a mutation is harmful or helpful depends partly on an organism's?

environment and the specific role of the gene that is mutated. In some cases, a mutation may provide an advantage, allowing an organism to better survive and reproduce. In other cases, a mutation may be harmful if it disrupts essential functions or causes diseases.


Are stick bugs helpful or harmful to the environment?

they are helpful not harmful to plants


How is wind harmful and helpful to the environment?

Harmful: Winds can destroy structures. Helpful: Winds can power windmills.


What is beneficial mutations?

Well, there is no specific type of mutation that is beneficial. They can be harmful, helpful, or have no effect at all.


A mutation is helpful depending on whether it makes the living thing?

A mutation is considered beneficial if it confers a selective advantage that improves the organism's chances of survival and reproduction in its environment. Harmful mutations typically decrease an organism's fitness and can be detrimental to its survival. The impact of a mutation on an organism's survival depends on the specific environment and circumstances in which it finds itself.


How could a mutation be helpful rather than harmful?

a bad mutation would be if your DNA coded for you not to be able to digest fats. you would starve to death.


What is harmful or helpful is considered to be the source for new alleles and a contributor to the diversity of life on earth?

Translation is the wrong answer, the answer is Mutation.


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What is the difference between helpful and harmful mutation?

a beneficial mutation in an animal, plant, cell or bacteria will allow it to have a better chance of survival and allow it to continue passing on its DNA in its offspring. a harmful mutation does the exact opposite it hinders the animals survival and will eventually lead it's species to extinction.


What is harmful or helpful is considered to be the source for new alleles and a main contributor to the diversity of life on Earth.?

Translation is the wrong answer, the answer is Mutation.


A new mutation in mice cause the coast to be twice as normal In what environment would this mutation be helpful why?

New mutation in mice causes the coast to be normal in today's world. This is a well ask question.