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Explain how a mutation could have no effect on the organism that inherits the mutation

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A mutation could have no effect on the organism that inherits the mutation because of the chances of the organism's parents/producers. One parent may be dominantly having the mutation while the other parent may have the mutation but does not display its effects, thus labeling this parent as a carrier of the trait/mutation. Drawing a punnet square would best be used to describe the possibilities of each offspring and how each carries or shows the mutation inherited from their parents.

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