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> [“As the geneticist J.B.S. Haldane had described it in 1923, once the power to control genes had been harnessed, "no beliefs, no values, no institutions are safe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/as-the-geneticist-j-b-s-haldane-had-described-it-in-1923-once-the/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

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## More by Siddharta Mukherjee

> [“The rediscovery of Mendel's laws of heredity in the opening weeks of the 20th century sparked a scientific quest to understand the nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/the-rediscovery-of-mendel-s-laws-of-heredity-in-the-opening-weeks-of/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“As the geneticist J.B.S. Haldane had described it in 1923, once the power to control genes had been harnessed, "no beliefs, no values, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/as-the-geneticist-j-b-s-haldane-had-described-it-in-1923-once-the/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“Some may smile and may feel that this is but a new version of the old dream of the perfection of man. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/some-may-smile-and-may-feel-that-this-is-but-a-new-version-of-the-old/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“When power is discovered, man always turns to it," Bateson wrote darkly. "The science of heredity will soon provide power on stupendous scale; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/when-power-is-discovered-man-always-turns-to-it-bateson-wrote-darkly/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“This was the missing link in Darwin's Logic: reproductive incompatibility, ultimately derived from genetic incompatibility, drove the origin of novel species.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/this-was-the-missing-link-in-darwin-s-logic-reproductive/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“Muller was catapulted into the international fame by his discovery. The effect of radiation on the mutation rate in flies had two immediate implications.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/muller-was-catapulted-into-the-international-fame-by-his-discovery/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“Phenotype, in short, drags genotypes behind it, like a cart pulling a horse. It is the perennial conundrum of natural selection that it seeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/phenotype-in-short-drags-genotypes-behind-it-like-a-cart-pulling-a/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“It isn't creativity that fades, but stamina: science is an endurance sport”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/it-isn-t-creativity-that-fades-but-stamina-science-is-an-endurance/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“The circular flow of biological information - Genes encode RNAs to build Proteins to form/regulate Organisms that sense Environments that influence Proteins, RNA that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/the-circular-flow-of-biological-information-genes-encode-rnas-to/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

> [“Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to "encode" a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharta-mukherjee/gene-protein-function-and-fate-were-strung-in-a-chain-one-chemical/)

[Siddharta Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharta-mukherjee/)

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