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The changing meanings of "mutation:" A contextualized study of public discourse.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2002
Condit Celeste M, Achter Paul J, Lauer Ilon, Sefcovic Enid
Abstract excerpt
A quantitative examination of a representative sample of popular discourse about genetics and heredity from U.S. mass magazines between 1919 and 1996 indicates that the term "mutation" has become increasingly negative in its connotations through time. Although it has been used more frequently than alternative terms such as "variation" and "alteration," it is more likely to bear negative connotations than these...
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