random mutation

collocation in English

meaningsofrandomandmutation

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random
adjective
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/ˈræn.dəm/us
/ˈræn.dəm/
happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to ...
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mutation
noun
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/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
the way in which genes change and produce ...
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(Definition ofrandomandmutationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, in biological selection, the source of variability is well identified: it is therandommutation of the genetic material, followed by genetic mixing.
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However, this is nowhere near certain because even when such a tension was established through the use ofrandommutation, the results were poor.
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This is the only feasible explanation (barring arandommutationexplanation) for constant worldwide prevalence rates.
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Other parameters remain dormant within the string unless activated in a later population as a result of crossover orrandommutation.
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But the principle's basic premises (ofrandommutationand natural selection) are undeniable and have been demonstrated in laboratory experiments with fruit flies and the like.
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Evolutionary strategies for whole system design disruption from eitherrandommutationor crossover siting is therefore significantly greater for higher order encodings than for the single binary digit representations.
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The flip side of this claim is that the flagellum can't be produced by natural selection acting onrandommutation, or any other unintelligent process.
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A number of methods for generatingrandommutationin specific protein were later developed to screen for mutants with interesting or improved properties.
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Therandommutationworks as a provocative information processing and provides a new avenue for generating better solutions for the computing problem.
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Whilerandommutationprovides change, the selection is through survival of the fittest.
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Cherubism has also been found from therandommutationof a gene in an individual having no family history of the disease.
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On a molecular level, this can happen due torandommutationunrelated to adaptive changes; see long branch attraction.
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However, critics point out that we have no reason to think that anything more thanrandommutationand natural selection would be required.
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These adaptive and non-adaptive characteristics arise throughrandommutation, recombination, or genetic drift.
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That is, a secondrandommutationmust occur before a tumor can develop.
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Viral shift is caused by viral subunit reassortment, as opposed to simplerandommutation.
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Early failed efforts to evolve computer programs byrandommutationand selection showed that evolvability is not a given, but depends on the representation of the program.
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The concept is extensively used in models of learning in populations, where noise is used to model experimentation or replacement of unsuccessful players with new players (randommutation).
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So this is not arandommutation.
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