mutate
mu|tate /mjuːt'eɪt, AM mj'uːteɪt/ (mutates mutating mutated)
1 [VERB] V, V into n, V n, also V n into n
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...
A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells...
The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals...
● mutation [N-VAR]
Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.
2 [VERB] V into n
If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing.
Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.
1 [VERB] V, V into n, V n, also V n into n
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...
A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells...
The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals...
● mutation [N-VAR]
Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.
2 [VERB] V into n
If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing.
Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.