Human Germline Mutations Are Often Considered More Worrisome Than Somatic

Human germline mutations are often considered more worrisome than somatic ones because germline mutations

A) have phenotypic effects,whereas somatic mutations do not.
B) affect more nucleotides than somatic mutations do.
C) are transitions,whereas somatic mutations are transversions.
D) are transmitted to offspring,whereas somatic mutations are not.
E) occur more frequently than somatic mutations.