Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780073525549
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The way in which mutations affect an organism’s phenotype.

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A change that occurs in the DNA sequence may lead to the mutation in an organism. Mutation can lead to introducing a new allele within a population. The introducing trait may be beneficial or neutral, harmful, relies on the effect of the sequence of the protein that has encoded. The mutation causes the variation within individuals.

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