Talk:Hypermutation

Rewrite
This article had some major problems, mostly that it did not explain SMH with regards to who, what, when, why, and how. It also contained some inaccurate information which I have removed including statements such as:
 * Large creatures such as vertebrates typically have a long generation time, while (micro-)parasites (viruses, bacteria, fungi or worms) that they play host to often have a short generation time.-huh?
 * "the less efficient innate immune system"-the innate system is no less "efficient" than the adaptive system, they just have different jobs.
 * This process takes 3 weeks, and speeds up that which would otherwise require centuries of evolution- this is a logical fallacy, (three weeks!! we would all be dead by now if that were true.)
 * Some worm species avoid the adaptive immune response by modifying their external skin or secretions every couple of weeks- so what, SMH plays very little role in immune system escape by parasitic infections, plus every couple of weeks, what?

Also, I have included some references that can be used for further study, for those interested. Cheers--DO11.10 18:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

This article should be called Somatic Hypermutation.
The heading of hypermutation is misleading, since the text is describing a specific process of elevated mutation rates in B-cells after being activated.