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What is a mutation and what causes mutations?

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A mutation is a change in a species over time and mutations are random among different animals and are chosen by natural selection

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What is a mutation and what are some things that can cause mutations?
Mutations are changes in an organism's DNA that potentially affect the correct functioning of genes.They occur naturally due to replication errors, mispairing of homologous chromosomes, or through...
What can cause a mutation?
An environmental upheaval that cuases an organism to adapt to the new environment
What causes mutation?
Natural selection among a species to evolve into a new species
What do mutations cause?
diseases like down syndrome. This disease has a third chromosome on the 21 thing (sorry i don't know what its called).
What can cause mutations?
Mutations are the result of an error in the duplication process of DNA. These include insertion errors in DNA (base-pairing, dimers), DNA silencing, abnormal protein synthesis, and defective...