MUTATIONS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

mutations

noun

plural of mutation

as in modifications

a significant and basic change The sculpture series underwent several mutations as the artist experimented with different materials and techniques.

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as in anomalies

something that is a result of a change in the genes of a plant or animal This coloration in the bird's plumage is a rare mutation.

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Recent Examples of mutations In another troubling finding, one of the mutations identified in the Louisiana patient also turned up in a viral sample taken from a teenager with a severe case of bird flu in British Columbia. —

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 The announcement comes about a week after genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu viruses from the nation’s first severely ill patient revealed multiple mutations that could increase the virus’s ability to bind to human upper airway cells. —

Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025 Yet my colleagues and I can no longer ignore the possibility that somatic mutations may be affecting our adult patients. —

Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 Since the 1990s, doctors have known that most cancers arise from somatic mutations in genes that promote or suppress tumor growth, but discoveries such as VEXAS are convincing more researchers that these mutations could help explain or define other types of illnesses too. —

Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 Finding other disease-causing somatic mutations in rheumatology and related specialties will take skill, cunning, and a willingness to test cells and organs throughout the body. —

Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 But scientists are concerned that the increasing spread of the virus could lead to mutations, which could enable bird flu to be passed among humans, raising the risk of a possible bird flu pandemic. —

George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 The situation has been compounded by the CDC's announcement of a severe human case in Louisiana, with mutations in the virus raising concerns about potential adaptation to human hosts. —

George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 One question is whether cannabis has genotoxic effects – the ability to damage genetic information within a cell, which can lead to mutations like cancer. —

Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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Doing this early on in the design process can save you time and money by minimizing rework or product modifications.

— Linda De Jesus, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The problem, Hall believed, might have less to do with high levels of sodium or cholesterol than with industrial techniques and chemical modifications.

— Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025