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Author Topic:   Is there any proof of beneficial mutations?
nator
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Message 48 of 166 (579826)
09-06-2010 8:28 AM
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09-03-2010 8:06 PM


I have searched high and low to find any evidence supporting a beneficial mutation.
I have one.
I have a mutation that prevented my lower wisdom teeth from forming. I have needed extractions in my upper jaw before my wisdom teeth (upper only) came in because all of my teeth didn't fit, so I think the same woud have been needed for my lower jaw had the lower wisdom teeth existed.

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nator
Member (Idle past 2191 days)
Posts: 12961
From: Ann Arbor
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Message 55 of 166 (579941)
09-06-2010 7:41 PM
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09-06-2010 9:47 AM


I don't know for sure in my case, since my DNA has not been sequenced, but missing third molars are, apparently, quite common.
From the Dental Genetics Group website:
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Congenitally missing teeth
Missing of one or more teeth is perhaps our most common congenital malformation. More than 20 % of us lack one or more wisdom teeth (third molars). More than five percent of us lack one or more second premolars or upper second (lateral) incisors. Lack of a large amount of teeth, though, is much more rare.

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