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Mutation Alerts the Hereditary Material. Give Reasons.

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Mutation alerts the hereditary material. Give reasons.

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Mutation alerts the hereditary materiel of an organism's cell and results in a change in certain characters of traits. For example:
(a) Sickle-cell anemia is a blood disease caused by a gene mutation. The mutation causes a change in the DNA which controls the productivity of RBCs.
(b) Radioactive radiations also alter the gene structure and their effects can be seen generation after generation.

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Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Genetics - Short Questions

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Genetics
Short Questions | Q 8

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