title: Looking backward on a century of mutation research.
abstract: Our understanding of the mutation process and how it impacts target populations has deepened steadily during the hundred years since 1919. Recent advances in engineering genetically determined social traits points towards the logical culmination of this knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history; D016296:Mutagenesis; D012070:Religion and Science; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic