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Due to sun damage, a skin cell acquired a mutation in DNA sequence in a gene essential for cell survival. This mutation, however, was not passed on to the offspring of the organism. Which explanation best accounts for this observation?

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Only mutations in reproductive cells can be passed from parents to offspring.

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