Question

4. Would a mutation in a red blood cell be passed on to offspring? Explain your answer

Answer 1

Mutations occuring in somatic cells can not be carried from one generation to another. Mutations within red blood cells are unable to take place because the red blood cells themselves don’t contain a nucleus.

Answer 2

The mutation that takes place in the somatic cells are not carried from one generation to another generation. The mutation in the red blood cells cannot takes place because the red blood cells does not have nucleus in them.

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