are they adaptive or non-adaptive.
don’t google. and explain : D
lets see how many people actually get it.
hint hint antibiotics.
and nobody assess anybody’s post until a bunch of people post.
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I'm guessing adaptive.
Because I heard antibiotics shouldn't be used too much cause they get useless when viruses adapt to them. So viruses must use adaptive mutation to grow resistant to antibiotics.
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My guess is adaptive...
watching too many movies that is what I understood from mutations...that they are adaptive, but can also have negative or positive repercussions...
ehhhh...did I get atleast some of it right?
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if mutation = evolution, then, mutatation is adaptive
I guess that's where you are leading us to? :D
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The topic says it all "mutation"
change to adopt.
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^adaptive or non-adaptive ?
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i thought mutations are more or less random. and the non lethal ones may stay. the beneficial ones will dominate amongst the offspring population as the rest die.
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random, definitely.
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hmm I think both. Some mutations positive and are passed on from generation to generation and others don't go past the first generation.
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thanks everyone.
another question:
what type of cell does a mutation need to be in, in order to be passed on?
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babymaking celllll
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stem cell :p
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thanks everyone.
another question:
what type of cell does a mutation need to be in, in order to be passed on?
Eukaryotes?
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well, no wonder no one gets evolution 
mutations are non-adaptive. =) that is all, folks.
acquired characteristics during a person’s life time are not passed on.
hehe, cutee. yes. and no?
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acquired characteristics during a person's life time are not passed on.
I wasn't referring to acquired characteristics but genetic mutations. I obviously haven't studied biology in depth at the university level but I was making the assumption that genetic disorders are mutations that get passed on would be considered adaptive. Again maybe my understanding of these terms is incorrect.
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I wasn't referring to acquired characteristics but genetic mutations. I obviously haven't studied biology in depth at the university level but I was making the assumption that genetic disorders are mutations that get passed on would be considered adaptive. Again maybe my understanding of these terms is incorrect.
hmm. leme look into this.
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acquired characteristics during a person's life time are not passed on.
Mutations are not acquired characteristics.
Mutations are a change to the DNA sequence.
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random, definitely.
No they aren't always random. Alot of mutations are now induced in plants. Seedless, frost resistant, different colours etc are mutations that have been induced by humans into plants. Alot of animals have induced mutations too.
Unless you're talking strictly about humans, in which case I retract my argument.
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No they aren't always random. Alot of mutations are now induced in plants. Seedless, frost resistant, different colours etc are mutations that have been induced by humans into plants. Alot of animals have induced mutations too.
Unless you're talking strictly about humans, in which case I retract my argument.
im talking about germ-cell mutations that are passed on. and about naturally-occurring spontaneous ones.
there's a difference in ethidium bromide intercolating in your DNA and causing changes which may lead to something in an individual vs random, pre-existing mutations that allow organisms to better adapt to their environment and be more successful.
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i never said that, but Characteristic - definition from Biology-Online.org
which can be the result of mutations.
and this.
acquired characteristics don’t necessarily mean learning to cook or knowing how to play the drums.