mutation

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

"We discovered that, in some species, large chunks of DNA on five chromosomes are flipped -- a type of mutation called a chromosomal inversion," said senior author Hennes Svardal from the University of Antwerp.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

This same mutation is well known in human breast cancer and is already targeted with specific drugs called PI3K inhibitors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Whether they come back or not, whether they had anything to do with some mental mutation I share with my uncle Mick, whether they’re a gift or a curse, doesn’t really matter.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx