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Kailaylia t1_j0agbda wrote

Female humans are born complete with their full complement of eggs. Therefore a woman can only pass on mutations if someone has cased her already present eggs to mutate.

- I'm only going on common sense here, so if I'm incorrect I'd appreciate anyone explaining why.

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mutandis57 t1_j0as6oa wrote

The egg cells will have already acquired copying errors when they were created inside the fetus still in the womb. They will accumulate additional DNA errors from random chemical/radiation damage during their dormant lifetime. It is nearly impossible for human offspring to contain no mutations on top of the parents.

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