mutation

Example Sentences

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“I think this movie is a strange mutation of the camp tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

"We discovered that, in some species, large chunks of DNA on five chromosomes are flipped -- a type of mutation called a chromosomal inversion," said senior author Hennes Svardal from the University of Antwerp.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

"In cancers, this protein appears to be upregulated and linked to increased mutation load. That puts it at the intersection of two of the most important disease categories of our time: neurodegeneration and cancer."

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

A protective mutation identified in South Asia may point to mechanisms driving cardiovascular or metabolic disease worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

But it’s more important to understand the consequences of the Tree of Knowledge mutation than its causes.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari