mutational
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In deep mutational scanning, scientists create many mutations in a gene or region of the genome and then measure how those changes affect the organism.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
To measure how often beneficial mutations occur, Zhang and his team analyzed large deep mutational scanning datasets generated by their own lab and others.
From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025
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
Other research shows that only one mutational change is required for the B3.13 version to pass efficiently between people.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
In my opinion, those who, like Weismann, consider all taxonomic characters adaptive, are equally mistaken with Bateson and his followers, who regard all characters as mutational.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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