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The difference one mutation can make

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Reply Tue 6 May, 2008 05:32 am
Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal

Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology.

This reaffirms the fact that a single mutation can bring about radical change.
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@Sabz5150,
Because the bubonic plague, white people have genetic mutations that give them resistance to certain viruses.
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