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mutation

[myoo-tey-shuhn] / myuˈteɪ ʃən /


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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

In mice with the mutation, damaged myelin recovered more quickly and more completely.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

If the mutation rate is too high, we lose the inheritance of four billion years of painstaking evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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