mutation
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More than 50 percent of the tumors examined carried a mutation in this gene.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Now they must launch their adult lives in its shadow, cognizant, in many cases, that they carry the fateful mutation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
These occur when an individual gains a beneficial mutation that gives it an advantage over closely related individuals, allowing its descendants to become dominant.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
To investigate its role, the team created assembloids from patient-derived cells carrying an NRXN1 mutation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Possibly he was imagining what it would be like to discover a whole new population of carriers of the 5-alpha-reductase mutation.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
While many cases occur without a known cause, inherited forms caused by genetic mutations will strike generation after generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Using those mutations, which are also called neoantigens, the researchers make an mRNA strand that is unique to the patient.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The researchers searched for rare mutations and compared how often particular genetic changes appeared in patients versus healthy individuals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
A study in genetically modified mice also found no increase in the mutations being measured.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Were mutations sudden and spontaneous, or were abundant natural genetic variations already present in wild populations?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing mutation
Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Genetics - Middle School
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Life Science: Genetics and Evolution
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