Why does radiation cause genetic mutations?

Like cancers, the genetic effects of radiation are impossible to distinguish from mutations due to other causes. Today at least 1,300 diseases are known to be caused by a mutation.[102] Some mutations may be beneficial; random mutation is the driving force in evolution. read more

Gene mutations are transferred from one generation to next- from either of the parent cell to the child, and can cause single-gene disorders, chromosome disorders or multifactorial disorders. Read the full article here The How & Why: Radiation vs human DNA and get to know in depth details. read more