mutation
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Tested on sets from the Human Gene Mutation Database and ClinVar, LoGoFunc demonstrated high accuracy in predicting gain-of-function, loss-of-function, and neutral variants, according to the investigators.
From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023
Maybe Mutation 1 makes the virus more fit; maybe Mutation 2 makes it more fit.
From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2022
Mutation in the GU-AG sites of introns produced a non-functional protein.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Mutation produces variety and deviation; selection kills off the least functional mutations.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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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