QuoteQuest“A mutation in a DNA molecule within a chromosome of a skin cell in my index finger has no influence on heredity. Fingers are not involved, at least directly, in the propagation of the species.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Carl Sagan
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
Chapter 2, “Genes and Brains” (p. 27)
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Sagan, Carl. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Carl Sagan. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
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