Question

Explain how a mutation in an individual's DNA occurs, and describe the effect it may have on the individual's traits.

Answer 1

A Mutation is a shift that generates in an individual DNA sequence, which might be due to the faults when the DNA is comparing or as the result of chemical and physical agents in an environment such as Smog or cigarette smoke or ultraviolet rays.

The most common effect of Mutation on individuals is, it causes both internal and external Mutation.

Answer 2

Mutation occurs in an individuals DNA when their is a change in genetic material. Their are many kind of mutations including insertion and deletion. They speak for themselve. Mutations are usually harmful but can sometimes be a benefit because it causes immunity. The effect mutation can have on a individuals trait is that it causes a chromosome of a gene to be missing, resulting in incompletence. The effect of this can be seen mutations like Down Syndrome. I hope this helped u because i have been learning about this in my biology class recently.