Question

1. a basketball player develops speed and power as a result of practice. why will this athletic ability not be passed on to her offspring?

a. muscle cells do not carry genetic information
b. mutations that occur in body cells are not inherited
c. gametes do not carry complete sets of genetic information
d. base sequences in dna are not affected by this activity

Explanation:

Muscle cells are somatic cells. Somatic cell changes (like developing speed and power through practice) do not affect the genetic information in gametes (sex cells). Only changes in gamete - related genetic material (such as mutations in gamete - forming cells or changes in the base sequences of DNA in gametes) can be passed on to offspring. Since the basketball player's acquired athletic ability is a result of somatic cell - level changes (practice affecting muscle cells which are somatic), it won't be passed on.

Answer:

a. Muscle cells do not carry genetic information