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Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
Item RH007002: If a mutation occurs to a DNA molecule in an organism's skin cell before the organism reproduces, none of the organism's offspring will have the mutation.
A change commonly referred to as a mutation occurs to a DNA molecule in an organism's skin cell before the organism reproduces. When the organism reproduces, how many of its children will have the mutation?
- All of the organism's children will have the mutation.
- Some of the organism's children will have the mutation.
- None of the organism's children will have the mutation.
- It will depend on how much time passes between when the mutation occurs and when the organism has children.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3422 |
6–8 n = 1980 |
9–12 n = 1442 |
Male n = 1615 |
Female n = 1734 |
English n = 3034 |
Other n = 320 |
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| A. | All of the organism's children will have the mutation. | 17% | 18% | 15% | 19% | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| B. | Some of the organism's children will have the mutation. | 43% | 41% | 45% | 41% | 44% | 43% | 42% |
| C. | None of the organism's children will have the mutation. | 13% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 11% |
| D. | It will depend on how much time passes between when the mutation occurs and when the organism has children. | 27% | 29% | 24% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 30% |