Question

In an evolutionary sense, somatic cells exist only to help propagate germ-line cells therefore a mutation that arises in a mother's somatic cell often causes a disease in her daughter.

a) true
b) false

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

Somatic cells are body cells (non - reproductive cells). Somatic mutation is a genetic alteration that is acquired by a cell and it can be transferred to the offsprings of the mutated cells during cell division. The mutation affects all cells that mutate from the mutated cell. So, if a mother's somatic cell is mutated, an offspring can pick it up.