Do genetic mutations increase diversity?
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Do genetic mutations increase diversity?
Populations:
A population is a group of organisms that inhabit the same location at the same time. Individuals in a population must also be able to breed with one another, and breeding patterns and genetic mutations can affect aspects of the population such as growth rate and genetic diversity.
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View this answerGenetic mutations do tend to increase genetic diversity. This is because when a mutation occurs, there is a potential to introduce new phenotypes of a...
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Chapter 4 / Lesson 4Mutations are DNA errors that result in population variation. Explore mutations, learning what occurs when DNA is copied incorrectly, review the causes of mutations, and discover different types of mutations, including somatic, germ-line, gene-level, and chromosomal.