Germ-line mutations occur in reproductive cells and are passed to an organism's offspring during sexual reproduction.
What is the result of a mutation that occurs in somatic cells?
- Somatic mutations can occur in any of the cells of the body except the germ cells and therefore are not passed on to children. These alterations can but do not always cause cancer or other diseases.
- The sperm and egg pass from parents to their children, so the mutation is inherited. You can't inherit somatic mutations because they occur randomly in cells that aren't the sperm or egg.
- Somatic cells are cells in the body that are not sperm or egg cells (germ cells). Somatic cells in humans are diploid, which means they have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
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