Mutations Quotes

41 quotes by 35 authors

In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can't be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that's because genomes… — Nina Fedoroff
There's almost no food that isn't genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to a… — Nina Fedoroff
Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations… — Laurie Garrett
When it comes to the whole debate today over evolution versus creation, Jesus affirmed the early chapters of Genesis were accurate when He said, "Have… — Charlie Campbell
If life really depends on each gene being as unique as it appears to be, then it is too unique to come into being by… — Frank B. Salisbury
Every batch of sperm represents an opportunity for genetic typos - called de novo mutations - to be passed on. A 20-year-old man and woman… — Jeffrey Kluger
I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. — James Lovelock
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to… — Bertrand Russell
World, world, O world! But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee/ Life would not yield to age. — William Shakespeare
In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be far chancier than… — Michael Behe
Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing technological world and… — Walter Mosley
The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the… — Lionel Trilling
Evolutionary plasticity can be purchased only at the ruthlessly dear price of continuously sacrificing some individuals to death from unfavourable mutations. Bemoaning this imperfection of… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a… — Carl Sagan
There are certain mutations you can find across cancers in different organs. — Eric Topol
Our experience in fooling around with the genes of mice has taught us that many of the traits that interest us are not definite products… — Gary Wolf
I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change - led to new species. I believed it… — Lynn Margulis
A number of well-understood mechanisms, including single gene mutations, produce changes that qualify as macroevolution. These include heterochronic mutations that alter structures by changing growth… — Kenneth R. Miller
Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense mechanisms built up… — Lawrence M. Krauss
First of all, I must explain that my hypotheses on homosexuality is quite simple if we do the math; many mammals, including us, have practiced… — Johnny Luckett

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