Status Updates From The Future's Mirror

"A damaged gene is a mutated gene, and, as shown by Muller in 1927, gene mutations are almost always lethal. Often, mutated genes will directly or indirectly cause cancer. However, Cornelia Hesse-Honegger has illustrated relatively successful mutations, since the organism has survived long enough to be documented, thereby alerting us to the possibility of a serious environmental problem." (12)