AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The majority of mutations have neither negative nor positive effects on the organism in which they occur. These mutations are called neutral mutations. Harmful mutations may cause genetic disorders or cancer. Beneficial mutations are essential for evolution to occur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mutational effects can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral, depending on their context or location. Most non-neutral mutations are deleterious. In general, the more base pairs that are affected by a mutation, the larger the effect of the mutation, and the larger the mutation’s probability of being deleterious.

Detailed explanation-3: -Based on their effects on fitness, mutations can be divided into three broad categories: the ‘good’ or advantageous that increase fitness, the ‘bad’ or deleterious that decrease it and the ‘indifferent’ or neutral that are not affected by selection because their effects are too small.

Detailed explanation-4: -Genetic mutations are changes to your DNA sequence that happen during cell division when your cells make copies of themselves. Your DNA tells your body how to form and function. Genetic mutations could lead to genetic conditions like cancer, or they could help humans better adapt to their environment over time.