mutation

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Researchers at MIT have identified a gene mutation that may play a key role in this problem.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 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

A protective mutation identified in South Asia may point to mechanisms driving cardiovascular or metabolic disease worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The strain the animals have contains a mutation allowing it to more easily transmit between mammals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Second, a mutation is just a variation by another name.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee