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complex structure, and random effects can only harm it.
The American geneticist B. G. Ranganathan explains this as
follows:
First, genuine mutations are very rare in nature. Secondly,
most mutations 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 probability, would not be an improvement. 19
Not surprisingly, no mutation example, which is use-
ful, that is, which is observed to develop the genetic code,
has been observed so far. All mutations have proved to be
harmful. It was understood that mutation, which is pre-
sented as an "evolutionary mechanism," is actually a genetic
occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them dis-
abled. (The most common effect of mutation on human be-
ings is cancer.) Of course, a destructive mechanism cannot
be an "evolutionary mechanism." Natural selection, on the
other hand, "can do nothing by itself," as Darwin also ac-
cepted. This fact shows us
that there is no "evolutionary
mechanism" in nature. Since

Mutations—breaks or replacements
taking place in the DNA molecule—
are the result of external effects such
as radiation or chemical action. This
mutated Vietnamese boy is affected
by a nuclear weapon.

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