mutational
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- mutationally adverb
- non-mutational adjective
- transmutational adjective
Example Sentences
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Analyses of the Canadian teen’s virus showed mutational changes that would make it easier for that version of H5N1 to infect people.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
To better understand how the RNA replicase works, the researchers did a comprehensive mutational study to highlight the crucial elements of the RNA structure.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2024
Promisingly, as researchers categorize and catalog different subtypes, new treatments may be on the horizon as well — custom tailored to attack the cancer’s unique mutational profile.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023
And while it likely won’t skirt immunity completely, the variant could dodge some of our defenses thanks to a mutational boost.
From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2023
They are of the same order as the mutational variations of the modern biologist upon which the appearance of a new character depends.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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