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
The mutational analysis revealed that the phosphate takes the same release route in the filament end and the filament core.
From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023
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
Due to marked mutational capacities and ready response to environmental pressures and sedentary habits, pocket gophers differentiate readily into numerous subspecies.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
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