mutant gene
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmutantandgene
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mutant
noun[C]
uk/ˈmjuː.tənt/us/ˈmjuː.t̬ənt/
an organism that is different from others of its type because of a permanent change in ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk/dʒiːn/us/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition ofmutantandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Testing is the only way to determine if an individual dog has themutantgene.
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Themutantgenehad a slightly but significantly, greater effect in the selection line.
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The age of a raremutantgenein a large population.
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The average number of generations until fixation of amutantgenein a finite population.
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The first arrival time and mean age of a deleteriousmutantgenein a finite population.
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The average number of generations until extinction of an individualmutantgenein a finite population.
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Amutantgenewill occur in a germ cell and then be transmitted for many generations in carriers before it meets a similar mutant gene in an affected child.
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Transfection does not remove themutantgene.
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On the probability of fixation of amutantgenein a population.
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Each new mutation is tested for allelism to any previously identifiedmutantgenethat produced a similar phenotype by making direct crosses between mice carrying the two mutations.
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A small advantage of the relatively many heterozygous carriers of the gene balances the selective elimination of themutantgenein the homozygotes dying of the disease.
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In this project we systematically studied families with disorders involving recessive mutations and in each of them localized themutantgene, using linkage analysis genome wide search techniques.
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Sickle-cell anæmia can occur in children only where both parents carry the necessarymutantgene.
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Most will not actually have an increased risk because their close relative will not be carrying amutantgene, but there is no simple or sure way of knowing.
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When themutantgeneis inherited with a high-expressivity allele, there is no disease phenotype.
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