Mutations in Nature and Culture

Natural Mutation and Cultural Mutation When you hear the word "mutation", other plus and minus words will come to mind. In the scientific sense, we may consider random changes leading to species evolution. In the meaning of science fiction / horror movies, you may think about a malignant monster that becomes extremely unsightly after contact with certain radioactive material. However, we rarely associate mutations with ideas everywhere in our culture. Daniel Dennett believes that Meme has undergone a mutation inherent in the evolution of cultural creativity.

Well, in my opinion, the concept of mankind belongs to the same type. Linguists discover Freud's principle of analyzing dreams, or the mythical structure of cultural anthropologists, not by discovering the laws of change in consonants by studying the nature of human beings. In my knowledge, the concept of humanity plays the role of an epistemic indicator primarily and identifies certain discourses related to or against theology, biology or history, in the history of knowledge. I think it is difficult to see this scientific concept.

A mutation is a spontaneous process that causes specific mutations in one or more alleles of a particular gene, thereby changing the sequence of the DNA. Mutations in two alleles at a particular position on a gene are generally more influential than if only one of the pairs of alleles is different from normal. Up to 40% of the population is estimated to have some MTHFR mutation. The current data suggests that 6-14% of Caucasians and about 2% of African families may have more severe (2 mutant allele) versions of mutations. Among Hispanic, this number may reach 21%. However, even if you have a mutated allele, it is related to an increased risk of a specific health problem. For example, having a mutant allele at either of two specific positions is associated with a 20 to 40% reduction in the activity of the MTHFR enzyme (depending on the position of the gene where the mutation was found).

"Genetic mutation" is a direct cause of this natural selection, but the environment eventually leads to mutation. What is important is not the specific genetic variation that causes long pointed peaks, but environmental conditions that support the choice of long, pointed ticks. There are many different mutations that may cause the same long tick but the inventory of these different mutations does not lead to an understanding of why these mites occur. This is not a randomly gathered mutation that occurs to produce a long pointed sputum.