mutation
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How could such a structure possibly have evolved its way into existence one random mutation at a time?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Earlier research showed that animals living on the Tibetan Plateau, which has an average elevation of 14,700 feet, carry a mutation in a gene known as Retsat.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The patient's brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Not everyone with this mutation develops disease, and this research helps explain why.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 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
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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