Short Stuff: Genetic Mutations

短篇:基因突变

Stuff You Should Know

社会与文化

2025-05-28

12 分钟
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All sorts of exotic and often terrible stuff runs through our heads when we think of genetic mutations, but the vast majority of them are caught before they happen thanks to the crack teams replicating our DNA in our cells. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Hey, welcome to the short stuff.

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  • The mysteries of genetic mutations edition.

  • That's right, because we're going to talk about the X-Men.

  • Yeah, a mutation.

  • I mean, I don't know if it would help you join the X-Men,

  • but there are mutations that alter people, sometimes in positive ways.

  • We usually associate it with negative stuff, like a congenital disease or something.

  • A lot of them are neutral.

  • I think actually the vast majority are neutral.

  • They don't really have any noticeable effect.

  • Some are beneficial, lactose intolerance.

  • immunity to malaria, when someone's vestigial tail turns into a glorious full tail.