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n a laboratory, an albino mouse was treated with a chemical, resulting in a somatic mutation that induced a skin tumor. The mouse was able to survive. What affect would this mutation have on its progeny?

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A somatic mutation is one in a body cell, not a sex cell, therefore it would not be passed on to the offspring.
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