Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in popular science writing:
"A mutation would be revealed by a local change in the pattern of stripes [seen in stained chromosomes]. We know that the bands are like a GPS with poor satellite coverage; they give a location of the genetic defect of a mutant, but not a precise one."
Neil Shubin
Shubin, N1. (2020). Some Assembly Required. Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA. Oneworld Publications.
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