mutation

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In experiments with mice, they found that the mutation disrupts a brain circuit responsible for updating beliefs when new information is received.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The mutation occurs in a gene called grin2a, which had previously been flagged in large genetic studies of schizophrenia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

Sing now, O Muse, of the recessive mutation on my fifth chromosome!

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides