genetic mutation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandmutation
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genetic
adjective
uk/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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mutation
noun
uk/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/us/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
the way in which genes change and produce ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandmutationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One solution has been to assume that syntax arrived all at once, perhaps enabled by ageneticmutation.
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It suggests a second avenue for transmission of information between generations that is not dependent ongeneticmutation.
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It is unclear whether the expression of motility resulted from a phenotypic switch or ageneticmutation.
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The biologists note that their understanding of selection has benefitted by studying the variables affectinggeneticmutation.
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One hypothesis predicts that the basic defect in haemangiomas is ageneticmutationof the endothelial cell, or its progenitor.
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Previous studies demonstrated that donor spermatogonial stem-cell engraftment is enhanced when endogenous germ cells are absent because ofgeneticmutationor removal by ablative strategies.
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Was a newgeneticmutationrequired to re-introduce variability?
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It is nevertheless possible that the hypotheticalgeneticmutationdid not create asymmetry as such, but served to establish the link between handedness and vocalization.
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It may be that oestrogen places 'pressure' on ageneticmutation(see above).
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The development of amyloid deposits is linked to eithergeneticmutation, incorrect processing, or the abnormal accumulation of wild-type proteins.
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Invention is not the anthropological equivalent of a "geneticmutation," nor is the "inventive genius" a mutant.
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The effects of ageneticmutationduring embryogenesis and postnatal brain growth are likely to be widespread across the developing system.
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As we have seen, in our target disorder the cause is not acquired damage but ageneticmutationacting from embryogenesis onward.
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Suppose that a child is born with ageneticmutationthat makes her more inclined to analyze sentences compositionally.
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Why does plasticity not simply compensate for thegeneticmutationand allow the child to recover function in similar ways to normal children with early focal brain damage?
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Margulis uses the biological record to cast severe doubts on the traditional explanation of change as a result ofgeneticmutation.
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To understand how ageneticmutationleads to a pathological phenotype and to develop efficient therapies, animal models that replicate key features of the disease are required.
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Randomgeneticmutationis associated with parasite multiplication and is assumed to occur a maximum of once per replication cycle.
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