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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · history · refresh · how to use this template) high school/SAT biology content + general knowledge and popular culture (e.g. Marvel comics); changed rating from high to top - tameeria 15:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] Marvel mutants?
Resolved.An encylopedia should probably have more about biological mutants than Marvel Comics' mutants. -- The Anome
I agree. The Marvel Universe stuff really should be forked off to a new article.
I will begin doing this tonight, with luck. ClockworkTroll 02:46, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Done: moved the comic book mutant info to Mutant (fictional). ClockworkTroll 03:15, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Name
Whose decision was it to rename the article and make "wildtype" the opening description? I propose reverting the name and making Wildtype a footnote, or at least not the main thrust of the article. --- Noclevername 23:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- agreed. Wildtype is only a minor mention in the article. Also, Wildtype vs. Mutation is a missleading title. Immedate change recommended. --Eldarone 00:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- I've moved the page, per the request listed at WP:RM, and the discussion here. I agree that the previous title was unintuitive and misleading. I've added a dablink in case anybody finds their way here when looking for The Mutants or The Mutants (San Francisco). -GTBacchus(talk) 03:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sport
Can anybody explain to me the wikilinking of the word "Sport"?
- Agreed, it merely links to the athletic definition of sport, with a link back to mutant. I'm unlinking it. Noclevername 10:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] References
Link #3 has died.
[edit] Human Mutation
Isn't body hair or an extended tail an atavism, not a full mutation?
- It's both; In the cases you mentioned, the characteristic gets superceded by another gene which blocks the expression of the original genes. Absence of the blocking gene allows the earlier version to be expressed. (I'm an amateur, if someone with a background in genetics can explain it better it would be appreciated). Noclevername 23:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
