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How are genetic mutations passed from parent to offspring?

Some mutations are hereditary because they are passed down to an offspring from a parent carrying a mutation through the germ line, meaning through an egg or sperm cell carrying the mutation. There are also nonhereditary mutations that occur in cells outside of the germ line, which are called somatic mutations.

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★ Mutated gametes (sex cells) fuse to create offspring.

Genetic mutations or germline mutations can be defined as a permanent change in the DNA sequence of germ cells (cells, which form ovum and sperm). These mutations can pass from one generation to other when a mutated sperm or mutated oocyte (gametes) get fertilized with another oocyte or sperm.

A germline mutation, present in a single-celled zygote will present in all cells of a muticellular organism, a single-celled zygote divides and produces all of the cells in that organism.  

Explanation:

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step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.