mutate
verb[I]
uk/mjuːˈteɪt/us/mjuːˈteɪt/todevelopnewphysicalcharacteristicsbecause of apermanentchangein thegenes. Thesechangescanhappennaturallyor can beproducedby the use ofchemicalsorradiation:
(遗传物质等)变异,突变Thesebacteriahave mutatedintoformsthat areresistanttocertaindrugs.这些细菌已发生变异,对某些药物产生了抗药性。
tochangefrom one thing ortypeof thing into another:
转变Jon has mutatedfromanawkwardteenagerintoasophisticatedyoungman.约翰从一个稚嫩的少年变成了一个久经世故的男人。
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- transgenic
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