A new mutation that occurs in which type of cell can be passed | on to offspring?

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A new mutation that occurs in which type of cell can be passed on to offspring?
blood cell
nerve cell
O brain cell
egg cell
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The mutation in egg cell or sperm cell can be passed to the offspring

If a mutation that occur in germ cell can pass to the organism's offspring. Which means every cell in the developing embryo will carry the mutation. 

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