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In your own words, explain how changes to genes (mutations) may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the organism.
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In your own words, explain how changes to genes (mutations) may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the organism.

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Answer:The majority of mutations have neither negative nor positive effects on the organism in which they occur. These mutations are called neutral mutations. Examples include silent point mutations. They are neutral because they do not change the amino acids in the proteins they encode.

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