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Explain the mechanism of hereditary changes.
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Solution
- Diversity or hereditary changes occur due to genetic variation.
- In sexually reproducing organisms, a fusion of gametes from male and female parents occurs; the offspring always has recombined genes of both the parents. These offspring thus show some characters of either of the parents.
- Also, sometimes sudden changes known as mutations occur in the genes. A change in the position of even a single nucleotide can cause either a minor effect or a considerable alteration in the characters of an individual.
- If these changes (mutations) occur in the DNA of germline cells, then these changes would be inherited to the next generation.
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