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What is a mutation?

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Sudden change in morphology

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Change in characters

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Change in heritable characters

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None of the above

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The correct option is C Change in heritable characters
Mutation is defined as the sudden heritable change in the germplasm. It was explained for the first time by Hugo-de Vries.

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