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I agree with vraev. It is a "mutation". It is not a stable mutation, so therefore we can call it an unstable mutation. A mutation can simply mean a change.
I agree with vraev. It is a "mutation". It is not a stable mutation, so therefore we can call it an unstable mutation. A mutation can simply mean a change.
The pitcher we see can be called a morphological mutation, but vraev stated that the etiology of the pitcher's unusual morphology is a genetic mutation in the "stem cells." It's impossible to make such a statement based solely on visual inspection of the pitcher, and that is the point I was trying to make.
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