Mutation Quotes

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The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or… — Julian Huxley
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of random mutations plus… — Arthur Koestler
Choicelessness is the alchemy of transformation, of inner mutation. A new being is born who has nothing to do with the past, who is absolutely… — Rajneesh
It's impossible by micro-mutation to form any new species. — Richard Goldschmidt
You're only delaying the inevitable. I have the Tacitus. I am invincible. The Tacitus told me of Tiberium missiles, of invulnerable flying ships, of real-time… — Kane
As a gender variant visual artist I access 'technologies of gender' in order to amplify rather than erase the hermaphroditic traces of my body.Â I… — Del LaGrace Volcano
The art of living has no history: it does not evolve: the pleasure which vanishes vanishes for good, there is no substitute for it. Other… — Roland Barthes
We add that it would be all too easy to object that mutations have no evolutionary effect because they are eliminated by natural selection. Lethal… — Pierre-Paul Grasse
It is not the conscious changes made in their lives by men and women-a new job, a new town, a divorce-which really shape them...but a… — Nadine Gordimer
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that youâ€™re capable of far more than… — Paulo Coelho
First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes. — Daniel Nathans
Attempts have been made from a study of the changes produced by mutation to obtain the relative order of the bases within various triplets, but… — Francis Crick
In Darwin's theory, you just have to substitute 'mutations' for his 'slight accidental variations' (just as quantum theory substitutes 'quantum jump' for 'continuous transfer of… — Erwin Schrodinger
Mankind will someday realize that we are actually in contact with the dead and with the other world, whatever it is; right now we could… — Jack Kerouac
Engaging it produces an intense force, which in turn produces a mutation in consciousness. You become who you really are ... — Jean Houston
Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising — Robert Smithson
Although random mutations influenced the course of evolution, their influence was mainly by loss, alteration, and refinement... Never, however, did that one mutation make a… — Lynn Margulis
The accumulation of genetic mutations were touted to be enough to change one species to anotherâ€¦.No. It wasnâ€™t dishonesty. I think it was wish fulfillment… — Lynn Margulis
Sickness is the natural state in which we humans reside. We occasionally fall into brief brackets of health, only to return to our fevers, our… — Lauren Slater
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation… — Margaret Chan

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