genetic mutation

How To Use genetic mutation In A Sentence

• The genetic mutation means that salbutamol cannot bind to a receptor in the body that it needs to work. Times, Sunday Times
• Still others, such as achondroplasia (the most common form of dwarfism), may either be inherited or the result of a genetic mutation.
• (PhysOrg. com) -- A team of scientists from the University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have identified a genetic mutation that plays a major role in the outcome of a paediatric brain cancer called choroid plexus carcinoma. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
• They typical cat has 18 toes, but Daniel has two extra on each paw due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism. NYDN Rss
• The aim is to use the genetic mutations that each of these organisms acquire to construct their family trees. Times, Sunday Times
• PMD is most commonly caused by a genetic mutation that affects an important protein found in myelin, proteolipid protein (PLP). Health News from Medical News Today
• Another potential benefit could be insights into spontaneous genetic mutations that cause disease and disability. Times, Sunday Times
• Researchers have for the first time identified a genetic mutation linked to the amount of sleep people need. Times, Sunday Times
• Even in biology, apparent purpose is now thought to arise from the undirected mechanism of natural selection acting on random genetic mutations.
• The problem of punching ‘I’m loving it’ into a corpus is, of course, that the phrase has become insitutionalised and therefore has skewed the frequency data (a good example of how language change is effected through idiomatic – even idiolectic – usage – analogous to way that evolutionary change is triggered by genetic mutations). C is for Corpus « An A-Z of ELT