Before mutations can affect a population they must be:
a) permanent
b) beneficial
c) inheritable
d) all of the above
Good grief! Didn't you understand bobpursley's answer?
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If you don't understand the meanings of the words in your choices, for heaven's sakes, look them up in a dictionary!
Good grief!! Is it necessary to be so rude and insulting of someone's intelligence? I'm aware that you obviously have a better education and/or understanding of this than I do.
This is the first time I've used this Homework Help. Forgive me for not knowing that I should post what my thoughts were as to the correct answer.
I just needed to know that I was on the right track with my thoughts.
And not that I feel that you care, but at the time that I posted my question, I had spent the entire day at the hospital with the only parent I have left. So yes, all my brain cells were not exactly working in harmony and
at the time, I did not understand bobpursley's answer! Thanks anyway and Have a great day!!
The correct answer is d) all of the above. Before mutations can have an impact on a population, they need to possess three key characteristics: permanence, beneficial nature, and inheritability.
To understand why these criteria are important, let's break them down one by one:
1) Permanent: For a mutation to influence a population, it needs to be a permanent change in the genetic material (DNA) of an organism. Mutations can occur spontaneously during DNA replication or due to environmental factors, but only those that become a fixed part of an organism's genetic code can be passed down to future generations.
2) Beneficial: Mutations that positively enhance an organism's fitness and survival rate have a higher probability of being propagated throughout a population. These mutations can provide advantages such as increased resistance to diseases, improved reproductive success, or better adaptation to environmental conditions. Beneficial mutations increase an organism's chances of survival and reproductive success, thereby making them more likely to be inherited by future generations.
3) Inheritable: Mutations must be capable of being passed on from one generation to the next through the genetic material. This typically occurs through reproduction, where the mutated genes are transmitted to offspring through gametes (sperm and egg cells). If a mutation is not inheritable, it remains limited to the individual organism and does not contribute to evolutionary changes in the population.
In summary, for mutations to affect a population, they must be permanent (to persist in the genetic code), beneficial (to enhance survival and reproduction), and inheritable (to be passed on to future generations). Therefore, the correct answer is d) all of the above.