My son has a mutation that has affected his development. He has 6 wisdom teeth. When examined the university dental school head wanted to know if he had any Esquimo ancestry. My son is 1/32nd Cree Indian, so I suspect that gene came from the Canadian Indian source. I also did some research and found that some people have 8 wisdom teeth. This certainly affects the facial plan if not the whole body plan.
“My son has a mutation that has affected his development. He has 6 wisdom teeth.”
Yeah. Something along these lines. Good response.
Whether this is something that affects “whole body plan” or much of anything for that matter, could be argued between the two sides til the cows cone home. That’s the problem with this topic.
About this extra wisdom tooth, is it and actual characterized mutation? Or is it a trait that shows up within related groups so it’s clearly a mutation of some sort, but not identified molecularly?