Chapter 27, Problem 3QSDC

Summary Introduction

To review:

Whether natural selection should select for beneficial mutations or against detrimental mutations.

Introduction:

Mutations are changes in the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequence in a cell. These changes can occur in a single nucleotide or in multiple nucleotides. On the basis of the properties that these mutations may confer to the cell, they can be detrimental (harmful to the cell), beneficial (benefit the cell) or neutral (no effect on the cell).