Example sentences for: mutates

How can you use “mutates” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We assume that the wild type mutates into the mutant with probability μ.

  • And the virus routinely mutates into strains that are resistant to every drug that has proven effective against it.

  • In fact, heteroplasmic mtDNA ought to be relatively common, considering that human mtDNA mutates 10-20 times faster than nuclear DNA as a result of inadequate proofreading by mitochondrial DNA polymerases [ 4] and limited mtDNA repair capability.

  • The genomes of primates contain a family of nine APOBEC genes that encode enzymes involved in the editing of RNA and/or DNA through the deamination of cytosine (C), so that this nucleotide mutates to uracil (U).

  • The environment changes, the idea mutates, and new strains and arguments take hold.


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