mutant gene

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A gene that has lost, gained, or exchanged some of the material it received from its parent, resulting in a permanent transmissible change in its function.

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Words nearby mutant gene

mutagen, mutagenesis, mutagenic, mutagenize, mutant, mutant gene, Mutare, mutarotation, mutase, mutate, mutation

How to use mutant gene in a sentence

It got it all out there… Gene Hackman and Douglas… Melvyn Douglas is amazing.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another week, another study declaring the hunt for the ‘gay gene’ over.
The Problematic Hunt for a ‘Gay Gene’|Samantha Allen|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rev. V. Gene Robinson is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
When Police Violence Gets Personal|Gene Robinson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You see, as far as passing the baton down, Michael used to look at Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and James Brown.
Quincy Jones Talks Chicago’s Mean Streets, Why Kanye West Is No Michael Jackson, and Bieber|Marlow Stern|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The other way was through the services of a skrenning mutant.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
He realized that he was in the Mutant Quarter, not far from Myla's house.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
Mass' Gene has gone to his company; we are left alone here to meet them.
A Confederate Girl's Diary|Sarah Margan Dawson
And Urson had already loped a couple of steps after the fleeting mutant, now halfway down the block.
The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany
Bakka is the oldest science fiction bookstore in the world, and it made me the mutant I am today.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow