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What are mutations?

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Sudden, large and inheritable changes in the genetic material
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Knowledge Check

  • What causes mutations?

    A
    Colchicine
    B
    Cosmic rays
    C
    Gamma rays
    D
    Crossing over
  • Gene mutations

    A
    May be harmful to the organism that has the mutation
    B
    May be helpful to the organism that has the mutation
    C
    May have no effect on the organism that has the mutation
    D
    All of the above.
  • Mutation is

    A
    a change that is inherited
    B
    a change, which affects the parents only but never inherited
    C
    a change, which affects the offspring of F2 generation only
    D
    a factor responsible for plant growth
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