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variant

[vair-ee-uhnt] / ˈvɛər i ənt /




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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

This exchange created a new strain or variant that then spread between clubbers and caused severe illness.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Manipulating gene expression allowed the researchers to test cause and effect rather than simply observe that a genetic variant happened to occur in AnWj negative people.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

As famine raged through the finch world, this gross-beaked variant survived by feeding on hard seeds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

The Torcal will sit at the more affordable end of Bentley’s product portfolio, similar to the Bentayga, a larger SUV named after another Spanish mountain range that comes in combustion-engine and hybrid variants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers could follow individual variants in remarkable detail because genome sequences were usually linked to precise dates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The latest Geran “Seeker” variants use object recognition, allowing the drone to recognize targets and lock onto them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

But did a law—an underlying pattern—govern the genesis of variants?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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