"* * Except that hypermutation is not something that happens to a 'cell ' , but happens to a collectivity of millions of inter-connected , inter-related cells , and that hypermutation in bacteria colonies is not 'stochastic ' , but 'heuristic ' , and you are just going to have to accept that those words are not synonyms ."
"Nope mutations happen to individual cells . And hypermutation takes place and appears to be controlled at the level of individual cells also . You need to stick to the facts here ."
"Except that hypermutation is not something that happens to a 'cell ' , but happens to a collectivity of millions of inter-connected"
"And hypermutation takes place and appears to be controlled at the level of individual cells also ."