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A deleterious mutation has a negative effect on the phenotype, and thus decreases the fitness of the organism. (A harmful mutation)

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How would you use the word detrimental in a sentence?

The drink was detrimental to his health.More factories will prove detrimental to the environment.


What is the definition of detrimental?

Detrimental means harmful.


What is the root word for detrimental?

"Detrimental" refers to something that has an overall negative effect. The antonym (opposite) of "detrimental" is "beneficial."


How would you put detrimental in a sentence?

Detrimental = causing harm or damageeg His poor spelling was detrimental to his chances of getting a good jobeg The bad weather has had a detrimental effect on the crops this year.Mr. Valle says using sentences from the internet for homework, could be detrimental to your grade.


Why do people want to use gene splicing?

The purpose is to benefit people ultimately, I suppose. Gene splicing allows for doctors to inject someone's altered DNA into their body, so as to stop or start the production of an enzyme or protein. This would, in turn, help control someone's arthritis or cancer or other detrimental issue.


Do you feel that dictatorial form of government is detrimental for a country?

no,it is not detrimental for a country


Are variations always helpful?

No. Some variations are detrimental and that is what natural selection selects on; the beneficial variation in the immediate environment survives and is reproductively successful, driving genes into the gene pool. The detrimental variation is culled and has lesser representation in the gene pool unto disappearance.


What preposition should follow the word detrimental?

The preposition "to" should follow the word detrimental. For example, "the new policy was detrimental to employee morale."


Can you give me a sentence using the word detrimental?

Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.


A sentence with the word detrimental?

The effects of the tornado were detrimental to the small town.


Good gene and bad gene?

Gandhi suggested - see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.That is how we can switch off the bad genes! P.S. No feeding of any evil into the brain through our sense organs, no bad genes would express in the form of bad acts.


What is meant by the term Detrimental?

Detrimental is is a term used to describe something causing harm or damage. For example. "Smoking can be detrimental to your health and the health of those around you."