Both Uses
mutation
in
Brave New World
(Edited)
- 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. 15.5mutation = change in the genes that impact biological traits
- Could the effects of this germinal mutation be undone?
p. 15.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(mutation) a change in the genes that determine biological traits; or the result of the change
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)