mutation
英 [mjuː'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[mju'teʃən]
- n. [遗] 突变；变化；元音变化
中文词源
mutation 突变，变异
来自mutate,变异，突变。
词态变化
复数: mutations;
双语例句
- 1. cells affected by mutation
- 受到突变影响的细胞
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.
- 科学家们已经发现了一种可能是引起亨廷顿舞蹈病的基因变异。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. This mutation makes it better adapted than the other four.
- 这种变异使它具有比其他四只猪为大的适应能力.
来自英汉非文学 - 科技
- 4. Spontaneous and induced mutation occur with animals viruses.
- 动物病毒的突变有自发突变和诱发突变.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Mutation are produced by a number of chemicals.
- 许多化学试剂能产生突变.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- mutation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of changing," from Old French mutacion (13c.), and directly from Latin mutationem (nominative mutatio) "a changing, alteration, a turn for the worse," noun of action from past participle stem of mutare "to change" (see mutable). Genetic sense is from 1894.