If a chromosome in one of your bone cells becomes mutated, you will not pass this mutation onto your children because

A. somatic cells cannot undergo mitosis.
B. germ cells cannot undergo meiosis.
C. germ cells cannot undergo mitosis.
D. somatic cells cannot undergo meiosis.


D. somatic cells cannot undergo meiosis.

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