mutation

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

When these neurons were activated, the mice began to behave more like those without the mutation.

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

To get a more accurate genetic indicator of cancer risk, my mother encouraged me to get my DNA tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

And yet it is that improbable event, a small beneficial mutation in a nucleotide a ten-millionth of a centimeter across, that makes evolution go.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan