Both Uses of
mutation
in
Brave New World
- He became rather technical; spoke of the abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly; postulated a germinal mutation to account for it.†
p. 15..5 *
- Could the effects of this germinal mutation be undone?†
p. 15..6
Definition:
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(mutation) a change in the genes that determines how a living organism is designed; or the result of the change