variant
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Approximately one in five people carries at least one copy of this gene variant.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The current variant, H3N2 subclade K, appears similar to last year’s strain and is included in this year’s vaccine, reducing concern about a major mismatch between the vaccine and the flu strain, Chin-Hong said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"As far as I'm aware this is the first known case of this variant, the T2, ejecting pilots out of it," he said, adding that the safety record for these jets is "obviously very good".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The U.S. government is expected to keep Falcon busy, with flights on the rocket and its larger variant potentially extending into the early 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
When these resources form a critical bottleneck—during a famine, for instance—a variant better adapted for an environment is “naturally selected.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Like hands, all amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in the body's cells.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is sold in one color, mint green, and comes in two variants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some variants come equipped with mesh modems, which make them less vulnerable to electronic warfare, according to the U.S. military and weapons analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
For instance, variants associated with extraversion in a young adult living in the Netherlands could also help predict extraversion in an older retired adult in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Biologists would later term these variants alleles, from the Greek word allos—loosely referring to two different subtypes of the same general kind.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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