Question

Discuss how each mutation might affect the organism—would it be helpful, harmful, or have no effect on the organism’s ability to survive in the current environment?

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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Mutation effects can be beneficial, harmful or neutral (i.e, having no effect on the organism), depending on their context or location. Most non-neutral mutations are deleterious(harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way).

In general, the more base pairs that are affected by a mutation, the larger the effect of the mutation, and the larger the mutation's probability of being deleterious.