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comment by thundara

I'd guess the mutations are sort of a side-effect in this scenario, but there is also somatic hypermutation in the case of antibody maturation.





mk  ·  3096 days ago  ·  link  ·  

TIL -That's the downside of a degree in physics and a career in biology.

Thanks.

thundara  ·  3096 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Biochemistry: Learn the general attributes of cells and then bullshit your way through every novel pathway someone brings up!

It doesn't work so well in neuroscience though. I still don't know my ventricles from my cortices.