NOUN
- a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
How To Use mutant gene In A Sentence
- In heterozygous females, pre-B cells whose active X chromosome expresses the mutant gene would not terminally differentiate and proliferate.
- a mutant gene
- Once isolated, the mutant gene will be the second gene known to increase the risk for the brain disorder.
- This suggests that having two copies of the mutant gene interferes with survival.
- Once isolated, the mutant gene will be the second gene known to increase the risk for the brain disorder.
- It was shown that most mutant genes are incompletely recessive (not «overdominant») and are acted upon by selection while heterozygous. Hermann J. Muller - Biography
- They identified mutant genes in patients with a form of esophageal cancer known as esophageal adenocarcinoma EAC and a precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus. Breaking News: CBS News
- It will then reproduce itself by leaving copies of its genes -- including the beneficial mutant gene -- in the next generation. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
- Transgenic DNA constructs have been used to rescue mutant genes, express reporter genes, and test the relationship of gene structure and function in vivo.
- We are considering making a strain of transgenic sheep containing the mutant gene that causes cystic fibrosis in humans.
