| 单词 | mutate |
| 释义 | mutate (mjuːteɪt , US mjuːteɪt ) Word forms: mutates , mutating , mutated 1. verb If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes. The virus mutates in the carrier's body. [VERB] A newer anti-HIV drug caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not infect new cells. [VERB + into] The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals. [VERB noun] He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene. [VERB-ed] mutation (mjuːteɪʃən )Word forms: mutations variable noun Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease. Synonyms: change, variation, evolution, transformation Synonyms: anomaly, variation, deviant [old-fashioned], freak of nature 2. verb If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing. Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines. [VERB + into] Synonyms: change, convert, transform, evolve Collocations: mutate rapidly Existing jabs only target the shells of viruses, which mutate rapidly meaning new jabs have to be made. The Sun Bacteria multiply and mutate rapidly, so the more we expose them to antibiotics the more likely a random mutation will occur that resists the antibiotic. Times, Sunday Times Biologists hold that mechanisms such as gene duplication and polyploidy provide new information and that duplicate genes can mutate rapidly, which may change their function. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unfortunately, because the influenza virus mutates rapidly, the lag also allows for the appearance of virus variants that are poorly targeted by the vaccine. Smithsonian Mag The influenza virus mutates rapidly, changing enough that the human immune system has difficulty recognizing and attacking it even from one season to the next. Smithsonian Mag Finally, a human pandemic will occur only if the virus mutates to enable person-to-person infection. Times, Sunday Times Because the virus mutates at a high rate, the flu strains that circulate every winter are slightly different from those of the previous year. Times, Sunday Times And if, after all that, it turns out that the virus mutates to evade immunity, it will happen all over again. Times,Sunday Times Unfortunately, because the influenza virus mutates rapidly, the lag also allows for the appearance of virus variants that are poorly targeted by the vaccine. Smithsonian Mag If and when the virus mutates, human ingenuity may well be able to invent a vaccine. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 变成 Japanese: 変化する |
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