Mutation is a source but it is not the main source after it comes recombination in which 2 chromosomes with “normal” survival are taken from natural population of Drosophila and combined. Then comes immigration of genes in which the new chromosome mix in with different gene frequencies.
Bacteria can divide every minute, so given 600 minutes in ten hours it would be an extremely large number
Since all cells in our body contain DNA, there are lots of places for mutations to occur; however, some mutations cannot be passed on to offspring and do not matter for evolution. Somatic mutations<span> occur in non-reproductive cells and won't be passed onto offspring. For example, the golden color on half of this Red Delicious apple was caused by a somatic mutation. Its seeds will not carry the mutation.
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A single germ line mutation can have a range of effects:
<span><span>No change occurs in phenotype.
Some mutations don't have any noticeable effect on the phenotype of an organism. This can happen in many situations: perhaps the mutation occurs in a stretch of DNA with no function, or perhaps the mutation occurs in a protein-coding region, but ends up not affecting the amino acid sequence of the protein.</span><span>Small change occurs in phenotype.
A single mutation caused this cat's ears to curl backwards slightly.</span><span>Big change occurs in phenotype.
Some really important phenotypic changes, like DDT resistance in insects are sometimes caused by single mutations. A single mutation can also have strong negative effects for the organism. Mutations that cause the death of an organism are called lethals — and it doesn't get more negative than that.</span></span>
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Plants need a rigid structure. Animal cells have flexible cell membranes. So animal cells can have a variety of shapes, but plant cells can not, they have to take the shape of their cell walls. Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic, so they contain membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus and mitochondria.
