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submitted 4 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] pandore@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't change anything to the fact genetic mutations are random and there is no specific reason for one or another to occur.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Some mutations are correlated or even linked, and I think some might have specific reasons.

In this case I don't think they meant ‘scientist don't know why these mutations occurred’, so I didn't even understand your comment, it seems