mutations

Cultural  

1. Changes in chromosomes or genes that cause offspring to have characteristics different from those of their parents. Mutations can be caused by the effects of chemicals, radiation, or even ordinary heat on DNA. Mutations produce some of the differences between members of a species on which natural selection acts.

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Example Sentences

They then programmed the virus with new capabilities by introducing point mutations as well as DNA insertions and deletions.

From Science Daily

According to the researchers, mutations in GluDs have been linked to psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and schizophrenia.

From Science Daily

The space-station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that could boost phage infectivity or their ability to bind receptors on bacterial cells.

From Science Daily

Most histories of men’s style trace the Edwardian suit’s post-1945 mutations into the Teddy Boy look of the 1950s and the Italian- and preppy-influenced Modernist revival of the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Together, the team determined that mutations in a gene called TMEM167A are responsible for this rare type of neonatal diabetes.

From Science Daily