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Which statement best describes how radiation causes mutations?

User Onyambu
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Mutations are changes in DNA that produce weaker organisms that die, so
these are eliminated by evolution.
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I don’t know the statements since you did not provide them, but here is how radiation causes mutations:

Lionizing radiation causes breaks in the DNA (particularly DSBs) that damages the genetic material in reproductive cells. This results in mutations that are passed from generations that can be inherited.
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