mutant

Example Sentences

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"We put yeast Pex11 into our mutant plant cells to see if it could return the peroxisomes back to normal," Tharp said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Peter Nowell, a pathologist, argued in 1976 that cancers arise from a single mutant cell and then evolve, as offspring acquire new mutations and compete for dominance—a prediction that single-cell sequencing has dramatically confirmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

More recently, he appeared in “Fallout” just long enough for his character to be mauled to death by a mutant bear.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

It has produced two Doctor Whos, a Marvel mutant, Game of Thrones stars, UK stage royalty, several Hollywood A-listers and a Traitors icon.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Petey helped search, even going as far as to check the mutant mole hole in his mother’s flower garden.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles