Because by the second day of incubation any cells that have undergone reversion mutations give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship.
13 seconds sound clip from the Blade Runner (1982) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:24:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- To make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal.
- A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
- What about EMS recombination?
- Ethyl methane sulfonate is an alkylating agent and a potent mutagen.
- It created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before he left the table.
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Blade Runner (1982) Sound Clip
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Actors: Harrison Ford (Rick Deckard), Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty), Sean Young (Rachael), Joanna Cassidy (Zhora Salome)
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