Animal Genetic Mutations
Not everything has, of course, been rainbows and sunshine for the animals at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Following the tragedy, farmers noticed that their animals were being born with odd malformations a year after it occurred – some with missing limbs, some with too many limbs, and some with malformed faces, for example.
Animal Genetic Mutations
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How Mutations Occur
Cancer is caused by mutations in two types of DNA: germline mutations that can be passed down to offspring and cell-specific DNA alterations that can cause cancer. The majority of the time, these are not passed down to the following generation.
How Mutations Occur
