A permanent change in DNA is the usual cause of genetic diseases. What is the term for this harmful effect?
A. mutation
B. cloning
C. multipotent stem cells
D. mtDNA
E. genetic discrimination
A. mutation
Permanent changes in DNA, or mutations, often cause genetic diseases. A clone is an organism grown from a single cell of the parent, and so it is genetically identical to the parent. Genetic discrimination is the different treatment of individuals based on actual or presumed genetic differences. Multipotent stem cells are adult cells that can become a limited number of types of tissues and cells. mtDNA is mitochondrial DNA.
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