Mutation Quotes

70 quotes by 58 authors

Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal. — Rebecca Skloot
A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of… — Francis Crick
Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly… — Salman Rushdie
Cancer is really a slew of rare diseases. Lung cancer has 700 sub-types, breast cancer has 30,000 mutations which means that every cancer in its… — Patrick Soon-Shiong
No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution. — Pierre-Paul Grasse
After observing mutations in fruit flies for many years, Professes Goldschmidt fell into despair. The changes, he lamented, were so hopelessly micro [insignificant] that if… — Norman Macbeth
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains. — Edward Lawrie Tatum
Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apartâ€”the mutations that make us the sort of creature… — Elizabeth Kolbert
The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
New Orleans is a glorious mutation — Anthony Bourdain
The messages that DNA molecules contain are all but eternal when seen against the time scale of individual lifetimes. The lifetimes of DNA messages give… — Richard Dawkins
Fundamentalism in most of its forms is the active creation of antibodies to some threatening [god] virus. As long as threatening religions or mutations [heresies]… — Darrel Ray
Faced with a new mutation in an organism, or a fundamental change in its living conditions, the biologist is frequently in no position whatever to… — George Wald
I have that gene mutation too and itâ€™s not something I would believe in for myself. I wouldnâ€™t call it the brave choice. I actually… — Melissa Etheridge
Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions of… — Konrad Lorenz
This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on… — Francis Crick
The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and that… — Francis Crick
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein… — Francis Crick
The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation. — Margaret Chan
Exploitation, mutilation, mutations, confirmation to the evils of the world. — Stevie Wonder

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