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Accidental mutations develop into
defects in humans as well as oth-
er living beings. The Chernobyl (1) http://www.ecn.cz/private/c10/tmi.jpg
disaster is an eye-opener for the (2) http://www.ecn.cz/private/c10/child.jpg
(3) http://www.tmia.com/xtrarosebud.html
effects of mutations.)
(4) http://www.adiccp.org/imagery/medical-aid.html

tions are harmful since they are random, rather than orderly changes in
the structure of genes; any random change in a highly ordered system
will be for the worse, not for the better. For example, if an earthquake
were to shake a highly ordered structure such as a building, there would
be a random change in the framework of the building which, in all prob-
ability, would not be an improvement. 162

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