Definite article is used before a noun (person place or thing) to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
indefinite article is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
<span>has a 50 percent chance of passing the mutated gene to each child. The chance that a child will not inherit the mutated gene is also 50 percent. </span>
Cells, the basic unit of life, are derived from spontaneous generation.