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Explain somatic and germ line gene therapy.

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Somatic gene therapy:- The defective gene in somatic cells is replaced with a corrective gene. This change is not passed to the next generation.

Germ line gene therapy:- Egg and sperm of the parents are changed for the purpose of passing the changes to the next generation.

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