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Originally Posted by Jerrek
No, but that is because they share the same genes. Mutations are deformities and do not get passed along. For example, if you take the five-legged cow and mate him, you're not going to get five-legged offspring. My question was for you to provide me with proof that mutations pass along to children.
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At the risk of causing further arguments, I'd just like to point out that if the mutations were present at the genetic level of the pre-foetal sex cells (spermatazoa or ova) that went into forming the 5-legged cow then there is every chance that that 5-legged cow will father/mother five-legged children. It very much depends at what point the mutations occured, but yes mutations can be passed onto children. You can demostrate this in a matter of hours using bacterial cells.