What are the chances of a genetic mutation?
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Chances of genetic mutation are 100%.  They are happening all the time in your body, but your body fixes them most of the time.  However, sometimes it doesn't catch them and thats when you get cancer.
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Not really. You would be able to predict a few things, but reproduction is basically a reshuffling of the genetic cards, in which all the traits mother and father inherited are part of the deck, including recessive traits that may have been carried for hundreds of years without expression. What any child looks like depenmds entirely on what your hand looks like after the mother's randomly chosen cards and the father's are combined when the egg is fertilized. There are so many possible combinations that though a few things may be more likely than others, it's still the luck of the draw.
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In reality, the probability of being born a mutant is extremely slim. The chances of those mutants having powers are even lower. Therefore, I seriously doubt they do exist.
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Yes, often there is inherent recessive genes that happen to come to surface irregularrly... there may also be protein production differences in that different processes are set off at different times.
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When the proteins that copy your DNA make mistakes.  Hence a mutation
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I'd go with the genetic malfunction...
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That's sick....\n\nAnyway, I did my assignment on albinism, specifically OCA1-ts albanism.  Do an OMIM search on the NCBI website, that should get you started.  The one mutation I picked was R402Q.
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yes because it produces kind of radiation which may cause genetic mutations that may finally lead to cancer!\nbut this is not occuring usually, the parcentage of its harm is not high so you don't have to worry!
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the chances are very small but know one nows \n \n\n\nimpossible to answer this question
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The possibility exists, but what is the chance?
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Mutations occur frequently, not like in the cartoons, but small changes happen in chromosomes that are not inherited from the mother or the father.  Some of them cause terrible diseases, others may not cause problems at all.
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Go to answers.com and type molecular mutagensis at search you get links go through them.
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In organisms that reproduce only sexually, the mutations in somatic cells normally don't go beyond the individual. But in the case of organisms that can reproduce asexually, by means of divisions of those somatic cells, a mutation in those cells could be passed to the descendants and thus be under the influence of evolutionary forces. \nThat's a common event in plants, especially a type of mutation called polyploidy (multiplication of the entire chromosome set). These types of mutations are also induced by man to obtain new varieties.
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Genetic mutation occures on average every 100,000 cell division, which given the number of cell in a multi-cellular organizm or the number of single cell organizm in a population is quite often.\nNot all mutation has a measurable effect, and it isn't always passed on (in multi-cellular organizms). It is more likely to have a negative effect, and many genetic diseases originate in gene mutation. If by chance a mutation has a positive effect it is likely to be preserved and spread through evolution. \nBut it certainly cannot give a human (or any other organizm) any ability that contradicts the laws of physics, like many of those shown in movies.
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Unfortunatel this is a genetic disease.  The chances are about 35-50% put the good news is that it is managable
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Not possible. Genetics give you what you have, be thankful for it.
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It can be right because resonance can occur and cause that the hydrogen bonds link to another base ( that will cause a mutation). However there will be enzymes to correct that error. And some U residues are methylated so they cannot join to adenine.