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Reporting Category 3: Molecular and Genetic Biology

Quick questions on Mutations and genetic variation - Virginia Biology SOL Reporting Category 3

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State the three possible effects of a mutation. [1]
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Explain why a mutation in a sperm cell can be inherited but a mutation in a skin cell cannot. [2]

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