Question

what di you mean by mutation

Answer 1

A sudden change in genes or genetic activities that leads to variation and ultimately evolution is termed as mutation.

Answer 2

Living organisms can produce new individuals like themselves due to genes only and some of those genes are transmitted to the next generation without any changes. Due to this, some of the characters of parents are transmitted to their offsprings. However, somtimes sudden changes occur in those genes. Sometimes, any nucleotide of the gene changes it's position that causes a minor change which is nothing but the 'mutation'.

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