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In a sex cell, the mutagen is passed along to the next offspring, and therfore caried over for a longer amount of time, and still showing up in generations to come. In a body cell, somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.

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Why a mutagen can have longer lasting effects in a sex cell than in a body cell?

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