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B
Reverse mutations
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C
Somatic mutations
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D
Pleiotropic mutations
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The correct option is D Somatic mutations Mutation acquired by somatic cells during the course of lifetime is called as somatic mutation. Somatic mutations during the early stages of embryonic development or during the fusion leads to chimera. Chimera is a condition is which an organism possesses more than one distinct set of DNA due to somatic mutation during early stages of development.