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

The team also demonstrated that they could reverse the behavioral effects of the mutation.

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

The strain the animals have contains a mutation allowing it to more easily transmit between mammals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

It is a long wait before a mutation makes an organism work better.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan