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If a disorder is not present in a child family but the fetus itself is infected before birth, it is known as:

Correct answer: D. De novo mutation

  • A. Somatic Mutation
  • B. Hereditary mutation
  • C. Germ line mutation
  • D. De novo mutation

Explanation

De navo mutation is A genetic alteration that is present for the first time in one family member as a result of a variant (or mutation) in a germ cell (egg or sperm) of one of the parents, or a variant that arises in the fertilized egg itself during early embryogenesis.De novo gene birth is the process by which new genes evolve from DNA sequences that were ancestrally non-genic.

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