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organism

[awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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In deep mutational scanning, scientists create many mutations in a gene or region of the genome and then measure how those changes affect the organism.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

The multi-eyed organism will serve as the centerpiece of “the N.E.S.T.,” an EIT-designed section of Meow Wolf’s new 26,000-square-foot immersive exhibition space.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Kevin Monsalvo, 26, has followed in the footsteps of Granados and said things are different for him since he learned more about the organism threatened with extinction.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Scientists from Lund University and the University of Sussex report that all vertebrates can be traced back to this ancient, one-eyed organism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

By what impetus, or instruction, was the embryo, and the final organism, generated from sperm and egg?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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