Question

In a laboratory, an albino mouse was treated with a chemical, resulting in a somatic mutation that induced a skin tumor. The mouse was able to survive. What affect would this mutation have on its progeny?
a. .The mouse couldn't have any progeny.
b. .Its progeny would have been affected.
c. .Its progeny would have been normal.

Answer 1

Answer G. The progeny would be normal because the mutation was somatic, occuring in body cells, not sex cells.

Answer 2

Answer:

c

Explanation:

since it was able to survive