10 Incredible Biological Mutations

The word "mutation" tends to have a negative connotation, in no small part thanks to science fiction. We often think of mutations as something that's gone wrong. But mutation is also how things improve. Throughout human history, there have been some pretty remarkable ones....


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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mutation_and_selection_diagram.svg
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