Mutant
noun
An organism or part of an organism that has altered or unusual characteristics resulting from a mutation.
He is a mutant with the power to control weather.
Often appears as...
- genetic mutant
- mutant gene
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Technical
adjective
Resulting from or showing mutation.
The mutant gene has been passed down through generations.
Often appears as...
- mutant strain
- mutant gene
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Technical
noun
An organism or part of an organism that has altered or unusual characteristics resulting from a mutation.
He is a mutant with the power to control weather.
Often appears as...
- genetic mutant
- mutant gene
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Resulting from or showing mutation.
The mutant gene has been passed down through generations.
Often appears as...
- mutant strain
- mutant gene
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Science and Fiction
Used often in science and sci-fi to describe beings with new traits.
The science fiction novel featured a mutant with telekinetic abilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
Sometimes implies abnormality or undesirability in casual contexts.
The word 'mutant' is sometimes used derogatorily to refer to someone different.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Context
Common in biology-related discussions about genetics and evolution.
The biologist discussed how mutant species adapt over generations.
Pro Tip 1/3Science and Fiction
Used often in science and sci-fi to describe beings with new traits.
The science fiction novel featured a mutant with telekinetic abilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
Sometimes implies abnormality or undesirability in casual contexts.
The word 'mutant' is sometimes used derogatorily to refer to someone different.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Context
Common in biology-related discussions about genetics and evolution.
The biologist discussed how mutant species adapt over generations.
Pro Tip 1/3Science and Fiction
Used often in science and sci-fi to describe beings with new traits.
The science fiction novel featured a mutant with telekinetic abilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
Sometimes implies abnormality or undesirability in casual contexts.
The word 'mutant' is sometimes used derogatorily to refer to someone different.
Pro Tip 3/3Biological Context
Common in biology-related discussions about genetics and evolution.
The biologist discussed how mutant species adapt over generations.
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Cynthia Kenyon:...
doubled the lifespan of the little worm. So you can see in black, after a month -- they're very short-lived; that's why we like to study them for studies of aging -- in black, after a month, the normal worms are all dead. But at that time, most of the mutant worms are still alive. And it isn't until twice as long
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Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
toxins the Pseudomonas secretes so now you're looking at an experiment and in the left hand test-tube that's wild-type Pseudomonas it's doing quorum sensing and it's secreted these toxins and when it secretes those toxins the bacteria turn green in the middle test tube that's a mutant that we've made where
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David Anderson: Your...
And the way that we do this is to delve deeply into the mind of the fly and begin to untangle its circuitry using genetics. We take our dopamine receptor mutant flies and we genetically restore, or cure, the dopamine receptor by putting a good copy of the dopamine receptor gene back into the fly brain.
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Your brain is more than...
this for a long time in humans but in flies we can actually test this and the way that we do this is to delve deeply into the mind of the fly and begin to untangle its circuitry using genetics we take our dopamine receptor mutant flies and we genetically restore or cure the
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What’s in Air Freshener?...
formaldehyde yeah bad things are gonna happen to you but if one molecule wanders into your nose you're gonna be just fine also formaldehyde is only formed when limonene reacts with ozone now ozone is that oxygen mutant that's in a thin layer of our atmosphere protecting
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Experiments that hint of...
could find something because there had been a report of a long-lived mutant so we started to change jeans at random looking for long-lived animals and we were very lucky to find that mutations that damaged one single gene called daph to double the lifespan of the little
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How did the Hammerhead...
occasionally one of these mutants does survive and the whole new species is born was the first hammerhead one of these one-in-a-million freaks could its hideously distorted head have opened up a whole new way of life
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Philippe Starck: Design...
It's our romanticism. Mu-ta-tion. We are mutants. And if we don't deeply understand, if we don't integrate that we are mutants, we completely miss the story.
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"Dumbo," Other Deep-Sea...
a mutant lobster and this fearsome looking creature is not something you'd ever find at the end of your fishing hook these are some of the rarely seen
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Elephant Poaching Forces...
now both very mutants life never I
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Cynthia Kenyon:...
doubled the lifespan of the little worm. So you can see in black, after a month -- they're very short-lived; that's why we like to study them for studies of aging -- in black, after a month, the normal worms are all dead. But at that time, most of the mutant worms are still alive. And it isn't until twice as long
Video examples
Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
toxins the Pseudomonas secretes so now you're looking at an experiment and in the left hand test-tube that's wild-type Pseudomonas it's doing quorum sensing and it's secreted these toxins and when it secretes those toxins the bacteria turn green in the middle test tube that's a mutant that we've made where
Video examples
David Anderson: Your...
And the way that we do this is to delve deeply into the mind of the fly and begin to untangle its circuitry using genetics. We take our dopamine receptor mutant flies and we genetically restore, or cure, the dopamine receptor by putting a good copy of the dopamine receptor gene back into the fly brain.
Video examples
Your brain is more than...
this for a long time in humans but in flies we can actually test this and the way that we do this is to delve deeply into the mind of the fly and begin to untangle its circuitry using genetics we take our dopamine receptor mutant flies and we genetically restore or cure the
Video examples
What’s in Air Freshener?...
formaldehyde yeah bad things are gonna happen to you but if one molecule wanders into your nose you're gonna be just fine also formaldehyde is only formed when limonene reacts with ozone now ozone is that oxygen mutant that's in a thin layer of our atmosphere protecting
Video examples
Experiments that hint of...
could find something because there had been a report of a long-lived mutant so we started to change jeans at random looking for long-lived animals and we were very lucky to find that mutations that damaged one single gene called daph to double the lifespan of the little
Video examples
How did the Hammerhead...
occasionally one of these mutants does survive and the whole new species is born was the first hammerhead one of these one-in-a-million freaks could its hideously distorted head have opened up a whole new way of life
Video examples
Philippe Starck: Design...
It's our romanticism. Mu-ta-tion. We are mutants. And if we don't deeply understand, if we don't integrate that we are mutants, we completely miss the story.
Video examples
"Dumbo," Other Deep-Sea...
a mutant lobster and this fearsome looking creature is not something you'd ever find at the end of your fishing hook these are some of the rarely seen
Video examples
Elephant Poaching Forces...
now both very mutants life never I
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Karan Soni
The makers always wanted the movie to be diverse because 'Deadpool' takes place in the 'X-Men' universe. The mutants are kind of outcast, the minorities as compared to human race. They recognized it well that the cast needs to be diverse.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size.
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Gavin Hood
South African Director
In the comic-book lore, of course, you mutate post a traumatic event. You must have the mutant gene, but if something traumatic happens to you, usually at puberty, then that mutation manifests itself.
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Will Arnett
Canadian Actor
With 'Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I wanted to play a character who lives more in the real world, although yes, I grant you, he immediately encounters, um, turtles, of the teenage mutant ninja variety.
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Rob Liefeld
American Writer
The mutants I like - Wolverine. The action heroes I like, they have weapons; they are more visceral. So I filled the comic with characters like that, and we got big results.
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Simon Kinberg
English Writer
In the 'Days Of Future Past' comic, the aim is to go back in time to preserve peace for the lives of mutants in the future.
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Julian Dennison
New Zealander Actor
I had fun playing a mutant. I never thought I would. Like, I never in my wildest dreams thought I would.
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Neal Adams
American Artist
Of all the mutants on Earth, Professor X could easily pass as a human.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
X-Men' or 'Avengers!' I want to be a mutant or an Avenger.
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Karan Soni
The makers always wanted the movie to be diverse because 'Deadpool' takes place in the 'X-Men' universe. The mutants are kind of outcast, the minorities as compared to human race. They recognized it well that the cast needs to be diverse.
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Paul Nurse
British Scientist
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size.
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Gavin Hood
South African Director
In the comic-book lore, of course, you mutate post a traumatic event. You must have the mutant gene, but if something traumatic happens to you, usually at puberty, then that mutation manifests itself.
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Will Arnett
Canadian Actor
With 'Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I wanted to play a character who lives more in the real world, although yes, I grant you, he immediately encounters, um, turtles, of the teenage mutant ninja variety.
Quote examples
Rob Liefeld
American Writer
The mutants I like - Wolverine. The action heroes I like, they have weapons; they are more visceral. So I filled the comic with characters like that, and we got big results.
Quote examples
Simon Kinberg
English Writer
In the 'Days Of Future Past' comic, the aim is to go back in time to preserve peace for the lives of mutants in the future.
Quote examples
Julian Dennison
New Zealander Actor
I had fun playing a mutant. I never thought I would. Like, I never in my wildest dreams thought I would.
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Neal Adams
American Artist
Of all the mutants on Earth, Professor X could easily pass as a human.
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Oscar Isaac
Guatemalan Actor
Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.
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Taapsee Pannu
Indian Actress
X-Men' or 'Avengers!' I want to be a mutant or an Avenger.
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