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Sharpei dogs have wrinkled skin that they never fully grow into. The extra skin is produced because their DNA codes for an extra switch of the HAS2 protein. What is this genetic variation a result of?

Question 4 options:

Meiosis


Mitosis


Inherited mutation


Acquired mutation

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I think it might be mitosis because it's sexual reproduction and animals just like humans have traits from the parents
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