Question

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explain how mutations in DNA may affect an individual. please HELP!!!

Answer 1

@shrutipande9 can you help?

Answer 2

A mutation can either be advantageous or disadvantageous--or neutral. The mutation may cause the individual to die as a result of some factor or increase its chance or survival, making the mutation genetically favourable. A neutral mutation wouldn't have any significant impact on the survivability on the individual.

Answer 3

can you sum that up for me so i can understand it better please?

Answer 4

@KinzaN

Answer 5

Sure. The mutation is either good, bad, or doesn't really do anything. :)
It could make the species able to survive harsher conditions, for example, or it could make the species unable and cause it to die out.
It could also just not change anything, so it would be neutral.

Answer 6

thanks, can you help with one more question? maybe 2

Answer 7

sumarize the steps of sexual reproduction nd explain how it increases genetic diversity. @KinzaN

Answer 8

The summary sounds like quite a bit of work.
Sexual reproduction requires two parents and involved the mixing of their alleles (genetic traits). This mixing increases genetic diversity because the mixing of traits (occuring in prophase I of meiosis, I believe), creates varying traits in the offsprings of these sexually reproducing species.

Answer 9

occurring*

Answer 10

thanks