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1. One important feature of DNA is that it can be accurately copied and inherited from one generation to the next. Imagine if DNA was NOT accurately replicated. What errors could occur and how would they affect the offspring in the next generation

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If DNA is not accurately replicated it can lead to mutation. Mutation is a genetic disorder that occur when a change occur and affect the genome of an organism. It can be result in frameshift mutation shifting nucleotide arrangement.

When DNA is not accurately replicated, it could lead to formation of an entirely new protein different from the original which has a different function this could lead to a form of disorder in the offspring. The effect of this disorder depends on it severity.

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