Saturday, August 02, 2008

S&T Watch-20 : “Genetic Mutations”

On a rough estimate, each newly-conceived human being has around 300 harmful genetic mutations.

Courtesy: ‘Prospect’ magazine (quoting
www.edge.org, ), May 2005.

Wikipedia article on “Mutation”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_mutations

Grateful thanks to Edge.org, Prospect magazine and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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