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mutate
[myoo-teyt]
verb (used with object)
to change; alter.
Biology., to cause (a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics.
The disease mutates the retina’s rod cells, and they slowly stop working.
Phonetics., to change by umlaut.
verb (used without object)
to undergo change.
It was a gamble to mutate from hard rock frontman to big band crooner, but he went seriously retro and won that bet in a huge way.
Biology., (of a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics.
Drug-resistant cells mutate more quickly and could migrate into surrounding tissue.
mutate
/ mjuːˈteɪtɪv, ˈmjuːtətɪv, mjuːˈteɪt /
verb
to undergo or cause to undergo mutation
Other Word Forms
- mutative adjective
- nonmutative adjective
- unmutated adjective
- unmutative adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mutate1
Example Sentences
In that paper, they found that while Cas9 usually cuts in the same DNA location every time, some mutated versions of the protein show a relaxation of those constraints.
Viruses can mutate to escape from antibodies, but the mRNA vaccines are not causing the emergence of more virulent strains, likely for at least two reasons.
“MRNA vaccines do not cause the virus to mutate — they do that all on their own,” writes Steven Novella, a neurologist and veteran misinformation debunker.
Instead, he says, he would shift funding to "safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate".
He said the department was shifting the funding toward "safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate".
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