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Which mutation/variation is not hereditary _____________.

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Genetic
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Gametic
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Somatic
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Germinal.
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Solution

The correct option is C Somatic

A sudden, inheritable, discontinuous variation due to change in chromosomes and genes is called Mutation. It is hereditary. Mutations in somatic cells are not hereditary.

So, the correct option is ‘somatic’.

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