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Mutations can be categorized based on the kind of effect they have on an organism. Blue eyes in humans are a result of a mutation in the OCA2 gene, which controls the production of the pigment melanin in the iris.

This mutation is an example of a _____ (beneficial, harmful, neutral) mutation. Such mutations have _____ (a positive, a negative, no) effect on an organism’s survival.

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The First Blank Is Neutral. And the Second Blank is No.

When you have a certain eye color it is a mutation period and the color of your iris wouldn't have an affect the way you See or wont make your any more superior to anyone else. It is simply a matter of heredity.

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