Genetic Mutations
The cluster centers on discussions about genetic mutations, their mechanisms, propagation through populations, natural versus engineered origins, and implications for organisms.
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The article doesn't explain what the unintended mutations might be..?
Assuming they can... otherwise this mutation would have died out quickly enough ?
Could this be due to mutations?
Mutations don't happen at scale, they occur in single organisms. Therefore the converse is true!
No idea. Time will tell but a high number of mutations is not ideal.
What mechanisms can lead to long term mutations?
This is not a mutation. It's an engineered change equivalent to many many mutations - probably thousands at once. The probability that this would randomly occur in nature is essentially zero.
Nope. Mutations in a single organism are almost irrelevant. They must propagate via offsprings (be selected in meiosis) and eventually spread throughout population, otherwise they will be lost. This is a protective mechanism without which there will be no stable traits and no complex organic life at all.
Won’t natural mutations give them different DNA after some time?
Excuse the ignorance, but could this have any effect at all on genetics or mutation?