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, a change in DNA, is the ultimate source of new alleles, or new genetic variation in any population.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Mutation in the CDN binding site blocked the toxicity of the system in E. coli, suggesting that 3′,3′ c-di-GMP controls filament formation and NAD+ destruction mediated by the TIR domain.
From Nature • Sep. 27, 2020
Mutation in fact seems to be a case of what the earlier Darwinians called correlation, while Mendelian characters may apparently be separated and rejoined in any combination.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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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