Question

Chimera is produced due to

• A. Somatic mutation
• B. Reverse mutation
• C. Lathal mutation
• D. Pleiotropic mutation

Answer 1

The correct option is A Somatic mutation

The occurrence of a somatic mutation in the early stages of embryonic development or during the fusion of two zygotes, leads to an organism possessing more than one distinct set of DNA, and is called a chimera. They are called somatic due to their occurrence in the somatic (non-reproductive) cells of the organism.

So, the correct answer is 'Somatic mutation'.