People Are Often More Concerned About Germ Line Mutations Than

Multiple Choice

People are often more concerned about germ line mutations than somatic ones because germ line mutations

A) have phenotypic effects, whereas somatic mutations do not.
B) affect more nucleotides than somatic mutations do.
C) transitions, whereas somatic mutations are transversions.
D) are transmitted to offspring, whereas somatic mutations are not.
E) occur more frequently than somatic mutations.