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Definition
a change in the genes that determines how a living organism is designed; or the result of the change
- 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
There are no more uses of "mutation" in Brave New World.
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