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"most mutations destroy meaning. In the idiolect of genetics, they are 'loss-of-function' mutations. A minority of mutations add meaning and are called 'gain-of-function."
"an estimate of three new mutations per generation yileds the depressing conclusion that the average newly conceived human bears three hundred mutations that impair its health in some fashion."
-Mutants, Armand Marie Leroi
These are the figures which prove to my satisfaction that our parallel is on the wrong side of the tracks. If it was even for loss and gain mutations, we'd be midway. And in a decent universe, like Marvel's, most mutations are gain-of-function.
( You won't want to be me, but you'll want to be there )
"an estimate of three new mutations per generation yileds the depressing conclusion that the average newly conceived human bears three hundred mutations that impair its health in some fashion."
-Mutants, Armand Marie Leroi
These are the figures which prove to my satisfaction that our parallel is on the wrong side of the tracks. If it was even for loss and gain mutations, we'd be midway. And in a decent universe, like Marvel's, most mutations are gain-of-function.
( You won't want to be me, but you'll want to be there )
