Question

An error in the DNA checkpoints by DNA Polymerase during DNA Replication could pass on to future offspring only if

A. the mutation occurred in the gametes.
B. the mutation occurred in skin cells.
C. the mutation was caused by an environmental mutagen in liver cells.
D. mutations caused by DNA Polymerase won't pass on to offspring.

Answer 1

A mutation can only be passed on from gametes.

Answer 2

An error in the DNA checkpoints by DNA Polymerase during DNA Replication could pass on to future offspring only if A. the mutation occurred in the gametes. This is that the gametes will be passed by the parents to its offspring through replication.