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user100 [1]
3 years ago
14

A mistake by cellular machinery, or damage from an environmental agent such as radiation may produce a(n) ____, which is a perma

nently altered segment of dna.
Biology
1 answer:
Elza [17]3 years ago
6 0

Mutated gene

A mistake by cellular machinery, or damage from an environmental agent such as radiation may produce a mutated gene which is a permanently altered segment of dna.  

A gene mutation is a perpetual change in the DNA sequence that forms a gene which makes the sequence different from what is present in most people. Gene mutations can be classified into; hereditary mutation (changes inherited from parents) and somatic mutation (changes caused by environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation from the sun).


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