What Statement Best Describes the Concept of Mutation

question 43

Multiple Choice

What statement best describes the concept of mutation?

• A)It only occurs through external influences on an organism.
• B)It only occurs in sex cells AND is always inheritable.
• C)It only occurs in the weakest organisms.
• D)It is random in terms of fitness of organisms AND cannot be inheritable.
• E)It is inheritable when occurring in sex cells AND is random in terms of fitness of organisms.

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