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Mutations can occur in the chromosomes of all types of cells. Mutations that are passed on to offspring must occur in?

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They must occur in the DNA, which is in each cells nucleus. More specifically the nucleolus of the cell. A mutation occurs in an allele, where a base triplet (or a codon) gets transcribed incorrectly.
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