突然変異

とつぜんへんい

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive mutation

Kanji

• 突 thrust. Read as トツ.
• 然 -ly. Read as ゼン.
• 変 change. Read as ヘン.
• 異 different. Read as イ.

Example sentences

• 遺伝子の突然変異がなければ、進化は起こりえない。
  Without the random mutation of genes there would be no evolution.
• 白いちごは、品種改良中の突然変異によって生まれました。
  White strawberries were born of a mutation during selective breeding.

Common phrases

• 突然変異を起こす

Words containing 突然変異

• 突然変異体 (とつぜんへんいたい) mutant
• 遺伝子突然変異 (いでんしとつぜんへんい) gene mutation
• 点突然変異 (てんとつぜんへんい) point mutation

And 8 more.

Word lists

• Biology

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