Why cant mutation in a human cell be passed to an offspring?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Mutations that occur in somatic cells, such as skin or muscle cells, are not passed on to offspring because they do not affect the genetic material in sperm or egg cells. Only mutations that occur in germ cells, which are involved in forming eggs or sperm, can be passed on to offspring.

Answer 3

Only mutations that occur in the sex cells can be passed from parent to child

Answer 4

because if it occurs in a body cell the mutation will affect only the cell that carries it

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The offspring develops directly from sex cells after they meet, therefore all of the offspring's DNA comes from the sex cells.

Answer 7

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