mutation
突变
常用释义
英音[ mjuːˈteɪʃn ]
美音[ mjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
变形
复数:
mutations
基本释义
- n. (动物或植物的)突变,变异;(基因结构突变产生的)突变体,突变型;(形式的)转变,改变;语流音变,变音
例句
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1·Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.科学家们已经发现一个似乎是亨廷顿病病因的遗传突变。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·If a copy of a gene is a bit different from the original, that's called a genetic mutation.如果一个复制的基因与原来的有些许不同,那就叫做基因突变。
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3·Furthermore, the single copy of a founder mutation often confers a survival advantage on carriers.此外,创始者突变的单一拷贝通常赋予携带者生存优势。
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4·Cattle raising people in East Africa and northern Europe have gained a mutation that helps them digest milk as adults.东非和北欧的养牛人发生了一种突变,帮助他们像成年人一样消化牛奶。
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5·Norwegian scientists have analysed samples from more than 70 patients with clinical illness and no further instances of this mutation have been detected.挪威科学家对从70多名临床疾病患者身上采集的标本作了分析,未发现更多的此类变异情况。
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6·Their allele frequencies at numerous genetic loci gradually become more and more different as new alleles independently arise by mutation in each population.随着新等位基因在每个群体中独立突变产生,它们在许多遗传位点上的等位基因频率逐渐变得越来越不同。
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7·For example, the hereditary hemochromatosis mutation protects carriers from iron-deficiency because the mutated gene allows increased efficiency of iron absorption.例如,因为突变的基因可以提高铁的吸收效率,所以遗传性血色素沉着病突变可以保护带菌者不缺铁。
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8·While most disease-causing mutated are found in humans at a rate of one in a few thousand to one in a few million people, founder mutation can occur at much higher rates.虽然大多数致病突变在人类中发现的概率为千分之一到百万分之一,但基础突变发生的几率可能高得多。
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9·Founder mutations are a class of disease-causing genetic mutations, each derived from its own ancestral "founder" in whom the mutation originated.创始者突变是一类引起疾病的基因突变,每一种都源自其自身祖先的“创始者”。
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10·It was a silent mutation and was not associated with the traits of milk yield in buffalo.这是一个无声突变,与水牛产奶量无关。
网络释义
- gene mutation : 基因突变
- mutation breeding : 诱变育种
- mutation rate : 突变率;变异概率;突变速率
- point mutation : 点突变
- genetic mutation : 基因突变
- induced mutation : 诱发突变
同义词
n.
[遗]突变;变化;元音变化
同根词
词根:
mutate
mutant
adj
突变的
mutagenic
adj
诱变的;致突变的
mutational
adj
突变的
mutative
adj
变化的;生物突变的
mutant
n
突变体;突变异种
mutability
n
易变性;性情不定;突变性
mutagen
n
诱导有机体突变的物质
mutagenesis
n
突变形成;变异发生