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Meanings of mutation in English

Portuguese
mutante
Catalan
mutació
Spanish
mutación

(Biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

mutante
Russian
мутанты
Portuguese
aberração cromossômica
Catalan
mutacions
Spanish
mutaciones

(Genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism.

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Examples for "genetic mutation"
Examples for "genetic mutation"
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New plant traits can arise naturally through genetic mutation, a slow process.
The Irish Times
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A genetic mutation causes CJD in one in a million people globally.
Reuters
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Our study found that one in five patients have a genetic mutation.
Pubmed
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A final thought about a connection between genetic mutation and thermodynamics.
The Physics of Superheroes
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The researchers think it's due to a genetic mutation, which would make sense.
Wired
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USA300 strains were differentiated by a stable chromosomal mutation in gyrA conferring quinolone resistance.
Pubmed
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Bacterial chromosomal mutations that confer antibiotic resistance often have deleterious effects that impose costs on reproductive fitness.
Pubmed
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The presence of genotoxic agents in the environment may cause chromosomal mutations through different mechanisms, which are associated with serious health effects.
Pubmed
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This study therefore sought to identify chromosomal mutations and plasmid-mediated resistance as possible mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance from clinical isolates in Ghana.
Pubmed
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Characterized mechanisms of colR in K. pneumoniae are largely due to chromosomal mutations in two-component regulators, although a plasmid-mediated colR mechanism has recently been uncovered.
Pubmed

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Usage of mutation in English
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However, CNCs could also merely represent regions with lower local mutation rates.
Pubmed
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Main outcome measure: Pupil response parameter comparison between mutation carriers and non-carriers.
Pubmed
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A CFTR mutation would therefore result in higher concentrations of serum ATP.
Pubmed
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Our preliminary hypothesis is that de novo mutation occurred in continental Europe.
Pubmed
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Evolutionary dynamics are affected by population structure, mutation rates and update rules.
Pubmed
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Each of the affected cases carried at least one full loss-of-function mutation.
Pubmed
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New plant traits can arise naturally through genetic mutation, a slow process.
The Irish Times
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The apolipoprotein B mutation was the Arg3500Gln founder mutation in Northern Europe.
Pubmed
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A possible mechanism of this enhancement is induction of K-ras point mutation.
Pubmed
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Results: Twenty-two patients were found to carry a pathogenic AVP-NPII gene mutation.
Pubmed
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SAME accounts for somatic mutation calling uncertainty using a likelihood based approach.
Pubmed
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Conclusions: DNA mutation analysis is effective namely in families with multiple incidence.
Pubmed
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Objective: To map DCMA syndrome and identify the mutation underlying this condition.
Pubmed
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The role of KRAS-mutation status as a prognostic factor, however, is unclear.
Pubmed
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Out here, away from rate and family, mutation to first-form was impossible.
Halo Cryptum
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Objective: To establish a genetic diagnosis method for a novel MSH2 mutation.
Pubmed