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During DNA replication, several natural proofreading mechanisms are in place to prevent an error from occurring. However, errors can occur occasionally. If the error is not fixed, it becomes a genetic mutation. How can a mutation affect protein synthesis by a cell? Do you think there are different consequences if it happens in a gamete cell (sperm or egg) versus a non-gamete cell?

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Genes are responsible for coding proteins, which are needed for all of our body functions and to build our body structures. So, a mutation could affect the way a protein is made. If the error occurs in the gamete cell, it could lead to a mutation in a growing fetus. Because all cells in the body form from two fertilized gametes, this mutation may exist in all the cells of the developing baby. If it occurs in another cell, a skin cell, for example, then the mutation would be confined to the cells in the skin tissue.

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Genes are responsible for coding proteins, which are needed for all of our body functions and to build our body structures. So, a mutation could affect the way a protein is made. If the error occurs in the gamete cell, it could lead to a mutation in a growing fetus. Because all cells in the body form from two fertilized gametes, this mutation may exist in all the cells of the developing baby. If it occurs in another cell, a skin cell, for example, then the mutation would be confined to the cells in the skin tissue.  

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Genes are the key elements of the functional and physical unit of hereditary. DNA makes up the genes in the cells. Genes perform different functions in cells.

The mutation is a change or damage in DNA  or a gene.This alteration can cause changes in the genetic message leading to various diseases or syndromes.

The mutated genes can lead to errors in protein synthesis which is very essential for our body functions and structures.

The difference between mutation in gamete and non-gamete cells:

  • Gamete cells are the reproductive cell and cells required to produce offspring. Gamete cells  present in male is sperm  and egg in the female.

  • If the mutation occurs in a gamete cell then it can cause defects in the growing fetus.

  • Non-gamete cells are the cells other than the gamete cells which makes up the other body tissues and organs. For example cells of skin, lungs, liver and many others.

  • If there is a mutation in non-gamete cells then the mutation will be limited to the specific tissue or the organ rather than the whole organism.

Therefore, the mutation in gamete cells will affect the whole organism while the mutation in the non-gamete cell will affect the only concerned tissue or the organ.

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