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True or False: Any living being with RNA or DNA can have a mutation
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A mutation is any change in an organism’s genetic material (DNA or RNA). Any organism or virus whose heredity is carried in DNA or RNA can acquire mutations—by replication errors, chemical damage, recombination, reassortment, etc. Rates and mechanisms vary (RNA viruses tend to mutate faster; many DNA organisms have proofreading and repair), and mutations can be somatic (not inherited) or germline (heritable). Note the exception: infectious protein agents such as prions don’t contain nucleic acid, so the concept of a DNA/RNA mutation doesn’t apply to them.
A mutation is any change in an organism’s genetic material (DNA or RNA). Any organism or virus whose heredity is carried in DNA or RNA can acquire mutations—by replication errors, chemical damage, recombination, reassortment, etc. Rates and mechanisms vary (RNA viruses tend to mutate faster; many DNA organisms have proofreading and repair), and mutations can be somatic (not inherited) or germline (heritable). Note the exception: infectious protein agents such as prions don’t contain nucleic acid, so the concept of a DNA/RNA mutation doesn’t apply to them.
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