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‘A gene can be mutant.’

[⟨det gene.n⟩ mutant.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

PCR analysis of the mutant gene from arrested embryos also suggests that let – 70 (s2293) is a null allele.
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In Wikipedia:

The Grynder is in possession of a mutant gene, recognizable only to the previous Grynder, who selects his / her successor.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The mutant ALS gene was introduced into tobacco using Agrobacterium – mediated transformation.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“People inherit Angelman syndrome as a mutant UBE3A gene that does not make UBE3A protein,’ ’ says Fischer, a professor in the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
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In Wikipedia:

Spike informed X – Statix that Corkscrew qualified for “Code X,” meaning that his mutant gene had made him insane.
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In the British National Corpus:

If that spore contained the mutant gene, all the cells of the new plant will contain the mutant gene.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sometime after that, Worthington Labs announced that they had developed a way to suppress the mutant gene permanently, called the Cure, around the same time that Jean returned back from the dead and was brought back to the Institute, although apparently not before she killed Scott.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The mutant gene responsible for the Opus Azules’ eyes is dominant in character.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In comic, there’s a disesase virus called Legacy, who killed people with mutant gene.
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In Wikipedia:

These felines owe their special coat to one dominant mutant gene known as Ta.
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In Wikipedia:

A retcon in “Ultimate Origins” reveals that Cornelius’s experiments on Wolverine created the mutant gene, which he claims is how humanity will survive.
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In Wikipedia:

This mutant gene is transcribed as a messenger RNA with a continuous open reading frame extending over 300 nucleotides and is translated into the sialoglycoprotein found on Ge – 2, – 3 red cells.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Reaching the research facility below, they find Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Carson Beckett arguing over the fact that Beckett is afraid to sit in the Ancient chair that controls the most powerful weapons known to humankind? 1 / 2? 1 / 2 even though he possesses (and is the one who discovered) the mutant gene to which Ancient technology automatically responds.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Alleles of daf – 12, a dauer – defective mutant gene, also interact with daf – 2 in an allele – specific manner to synergistically enhance life span.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Then, in the mid – 1990s, he injected the vaccine into mice with tumors containing the mutant gene.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Oh I hope it’s not a’ ’ cure the Mutant gene’ ’ plot or something OK EVERYTIME THE VIDEO STARTS / STOP IT SOUNDS LIKE I’ M GETTING AN IM AND IT CONFUSED ME.
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In Wikipedia:

The mutant gene is created by accident in a laboratory, as part of an effort to recreate the experiment that led to Captain America.
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In the British National Corpus:

Suppose it happened to bias meiosis in such a way that it, the mutant gene itself, was more likely than its allelic partner to end up in the egg.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The idea that people are born with a mutant gene which is resting dormant until puberty is cool.
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Queried on 2013-06-19.