Question

True (bubble A) or False (bubble B): Mutations caused by UV light will favor mutations that cause changes to protect the cell from UV light

Answer 1

Answer:

The given statement is true.

Explanation:

Genome is not a steady entity, it is exposed to various kinds of heritable modifications, a sudden and heritable modification in the arrangement of the genome in an organism, which produces different forms of any gene is called mutation.  

The mutations provide the raw material for genetic evolution, mutation leads to the generation of alleles, in the absence of mutation all the genes would prevail only in one form, and the organism would lose to the tendency to evolve and amend with the changing environments.