mutation
Example Sentences
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How could such a structure possibly have evolved its way into existence one random mutation at a time?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The researchers then explored whether the mutation could help repair existing myelin damage similar to what occurs in MS.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
In mice with the mutation, damaged myelin recovered more quickly and more completely.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Only around one percent of people in northern Europe have the necessary mutation.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Even Darwin, among the strongest original proponents of the fundamental mutability of nature, would have found this rate of mutation surprising.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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