Is genetic mutation a blessing or curse?

Long term: blessing. Short term: curse. Almost all mutations are either neutral or bad. "Bad" meaning they decrease the health and/or survivability prospects of the recipient of said mutation. read more

Long term: blessing. Short term: curse. Almost all mutations are either neutral or bad. "Bad" meaning they decrease the health and/or survivability prospects of the recipient of said mutation. read more

Gene targeting is a different technique that useshomologous recombination to change an endogenous gene, and can be used to delete a gene, remove exons, add a gene, or introduce point mutations. An organism that is generated through genetic engineering is considered to be a genetically modified organism (GMO). read more

To answer that question, art critic and redhead Jacky Colliss Harvey sets out to trace the history of this genetic mutation and to untangle the stereotypes associated with ginger, strawberry blond, auburn or chestnut locks. read more