Identify the mutation below that would be passed on to a living, fertile offspring if it happened in a parent.(1 point) Responses a chromosomal deletion that affects a blood cell, deactivating a crucial gene involved in development a chromosomal deletion that affects a blood cell, deactivating a crucial gene involved in development DNA substitution errors that take place in somatic, or body, cells resulting in skin cancer DNA substitution errors that take place in somatic, or body, cells resulting in skin cancer a silent mutation in the genes of the pancreas cells coding for insulin a silent mutation in the genes of the pancreas cells coding for insulin an insertion mutation in an egg cell that deactivates a gene for hair color an insertion mutation in an egg cell that deactivates a gene for hair color Skip to navigation
The mutation that would be passed on to a living, fertile offspring if it happened in a parent is an insertion mutation in an egg cell that deactivates a gene for hair color.
