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Plantpong t1_j0arhmi wrote

Living, non-dividing cells (such as oocytes) can still gather damage to their DNA through a variety of ways (mutagenic substances, radiation, etc.). Misrepair of DNA damage by the cells' own repair mechanisms can form mutations which can be inherited, if the mutations don't make the oocyte non-viable of course.

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