mutation

• n. [遺] 突變；變化；元音變化

來自mutate,變異，突變。

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

受到突變影響的細胞

來自《權威詞典》

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

科學家們已經發現了一種可能是引起亨廷頓舞蹈病的基因變異。

來自柯林斯例句

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

這種變異使它具有比其他四隻豬為大的適應能力.

來自英漢非文學 - 科技

4. Spontaneous and induced mutation occur with animals viruses.

動物病毒的突變有自發突變和誘發突變.

來自辭典例句

5. Mutation are produced by a number of chemicals.

許多化學試劑能產生突變.

來自辭典例句