mutation
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To test this idea, Zhang and his team examined whether the mutation could protect the myelin sheath.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
However, on the day of the transplant in 2020, the doctors were stunned to discover that the brother carried the CCR5 mutation.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Only around one percent of people in northern Europe have the necessary mutation.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
“I think this movie is a strange mutation of the camp tradition.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
It cannot be seen as death; barring mutation, the descendants are simply the first cell, living all over again.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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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