# Comments on Gaugers Response to Hunt on RTE

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**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-gaugers-response-to-hunt-on-rte/5333 "2019-03-12T18:29:27Z")\
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> [@Gauger: Answering Art Hunt on Real Time Evolution](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gauger-answering-art-hunt-on-real-time-evolution/5313/37):
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> Is the hisO1242 mutation the kind of mutation that could occur naturally?

Yes, it would just be a sufficient deletion. It’s even possible a substitution could prevent hairpin formation.

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