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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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Although the influence of any one genetic variant was tiny, the researchers found that their combined effects were more substantial and consistent.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Mr. Stevens will never shed having played the dreamy Matthew Crawley on “Downton Abbey,” but he appears to be having the time of his life playing this variant of Dr. Evil.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

"This suggests APOE4 accelerates a process that resembles normal aging, and could explain why people with the gene variant are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease earlier in life," Huang says.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

He has also found a second family that is bonded in its love of a special kind of Ford Taurus: the rare SHO performance variant, for “Super High Output.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Were complex features such as intelligence, intellectual accomplishment, or beauty, say, variant in the same manner?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Researchers found that genetic variants associated with naturally higher levels of GLP-1 receptor proteins were more common in men with androgenetic alopecia.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

“Just as an atlas is a collection of maps, linking together features of the land like altitude and location, AlphaGenome Atlas charts the molecular effects of DNA variants across the genome.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

An international team of scientists has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with the Big Five personality traits.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Across both ancient and modern samples, populations living closer to tropical regions were more likely to carry genetic variants associated with higher expression of these enzymes.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Simple combinatorial mathematics yielded twenty-seven unique combinations of these six gene variants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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