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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.
Is mutation always harmful for human body?
No. Although there is a chance of a beneficial mutation, the chance of it occurring is almost astronomical. Most mutations are harmful to humans.
How can albinism be harmful or beneficial to an organism?
Because the chemicals inside the beneficial burn away the organism.
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 happens if a person with mutation reproduce?
If a person with a mutation reproduces, there is a chance that the mutation may be inherited by their offspring. Whether the mutation will be passed on and expressed in future generations depends on the type of mutation and its mode of inheritance. Some mutations are harmful, while others can be neutral or even beneficial.
Is 'mutations are beneficial to organisms' a true statement about mutations?
Not always. Mutations can have either beneficial, neutral, or harmful effects on organisms. Whether a mutation is beneficial or not depends on how it impacts the organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is the difference between heredity and mutation?
Heredity is how information is based from one generation to the next; encoded in the DNA molecule. A mutation is a mistake that is made in the DNA. Most mutations have no affect, some are harmful, and a small number confer an advantage. Natural Selection works to eliminate the harmful and enhance the beneficial.
What are the harmful and beneficial effects of advertising?
the harmful and the beneficial effects of advertising?
Is mutation to species harmful?
it can be, it depends on whether the mutation is useful
A mutation that causes disease resistance in potatoes is a?
harmful mutation
Why all mutation are not necessarily harmful?
Mutations are changes in DNA. Most are neutral or beneficial. Mutations have allowed animals to adapt to new environments and new species to evolve.
Is diphtheria harmful or beneficial?
Harmful.
