Answer: Cancer, but cannot be passed to offspring.
- A Heritable changes passed to all offspring
- B Cancer, but cannot be passed to offspring
- C Genetic disease appearing directly in offspring
- D Errors arising specifically during meiosis
Correct answer: B. Cancer, but cannot be passed to offspring
Explanation: Somatic mutations affect only body cells: they can cause cancer but are not passed to offspring (only germline mutations are heritable).
Punnett square for a monohybrid cross between two heterozygous (Tt) parents, showing the 3:1 phenotypic ratio predicted by Mendel's Law of Segregation.
Concept context
Mendel's laws, inheritance patterns, DNA structure, and molecular biology. Core of NEET biology.
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