Chapter 15, Problem 4PDQ

Summary Introduction

To determine: The reason behind no detection of observable phenotype after the occurrence of a mutation in the somatic cell of the multicellular organism.

Introduction: The mutations are defined as the variation caused in the nucleotide sequence of the genome. The mutation can be classified into three types - somatic, autosomal, and sex-linked, based on the cell type or the chromosomal location in which they occur.