mutation

• n. [遗] 突变；变化；元音变化

来自mutate,变异，突变。

mutation (n.)

late 14c., "action of changing," from Old French mutacion (13c.), and directly from Latin mutationem (nominative mutatio) "a changing, alteration, a turn for the worse," noun of action from past participle stem of mutare "to change" (see mutable). Genetic sense is from 1894.

1. cells affected by mutation

受到突变影响的细胞

来自《权威词典》

2. Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.

科学家们已经发现了一种可能是引起亨廷顿舞蹈病的基因变异。

来自柯林斯例句

3. This mutation makes it better adapted than the other four.

这种变异使它具有比其他四只猪为大的适应能力.

来自英汉非文学 - 科技

4. Spontaneous and induced mutation occur with animals viruses.

动物病毒的突变有自发突变和诱发突变.

来自辞典例句

5. Mutation are produced by a number of chemicals.

许多化学试剂能产生突变.

来自辞典例句