Mutations Explained: The Tiny DNA Changes That Can Change Everything

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This episode explores the fascinating world of genetic mutations and their impact on evolution and health.

Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. What happens when your DNA makes a typo? In this episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dive into the strange, fascinating world of genetic mutations—the tiny changes in DNA that can shape evolution, alter proteins, create disease, or sometimes do absolutely nothing at all. From harmless genetic quirks to serious inherited disorders, this episode breaks down some of the mos...

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Hosts: Katy Reiss, Laura Fawks Lapole

Topics covered

• genetic mutations
• DNA changes
• evolution
• proteins
• inherited disorders

Keywords

• genetic mutations
• DNA
• evolution
• disease
• proteins
• inherited disorders
• science

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