Radiation causing mutations 1960

This clip is from the 1960 educational film, Thread of Life, a film about genetics and heredity in man, various traits are shown and the methods by which they are transmitted is explained. This film was made only seven years after scientists James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the molecular structure of DNA. For more information about genes, mutations and birth defects, and how radiation can harm cells, link to the Washington Sate Department of Health website at:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/Hanford/publications/overview/genetic.html . The entire film is available at the Internet Archives.

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[mrliampep5i]

@remembermatt another arm to scratch ur ass with

[remembermatt]

some mutations are acctually beneficial

[MrDustybreeze]

via con dios

[iamgig9876]

@remembermatt .. those ar emutations due to natural selections...

[mastererik323]

You can have positive mutations in your body's enzymes, and you will have a good chance of surviving from a serious disease or something that is similar in nature, which is just part of organisms becoming more advanced; not necessarily the theory of evolution.

[VagrantNoName]

@remembermatt

Sure I'll be a giant ugly super mutant. or an ugly ass ghoul and being bigoted by smoothskins :P

[ChippZanuff93]

for the 2nd post from the top ^ : none of the mutations are beneficial. too lazy to explain why. just think about it and youll find it out by yourself

[crayzeesteve]

@TheClutchmaster16 lmao, im no expert on radiation but everything on fallout 3 that was enlarged or looked rotted was radiation, the Floaters, Super mutants, Centaurs were all from FEV, read the info in the game, and the goulification is real but u dont live longer, it happens if ur in range of extreme levels of radiation but escape, radiation just smudges the genes, its nothing beneficial.

[TheClutchmaster16]

That explains fallout 3. This is where the super mutants come from!

[XxValkyrxX]

Every mutation observed by man thus far has not been a benefit to the human. India and now Japan once more will test Darwin's Theory. The process the body does naturally is perfect for it's function, any small change to the DNA ends up affecting the cell in a negative way. We will never be able to create something superior to what God already has.

[bluntman305]

another penis to bang your wife >_0 thants jimmy

[radiofreak56]

Mutations can be beneficial, but most fetal mutations just end in stillbirth or retardation/ birth defects