1901, in the biological sense, from Latin mutantem (nominative mutans) "changing," present participle of mutare "to change" (see mutable). In the science fiction sense, it is attested from 1954. As an adjective from 1903.
例文
1. Then we use free function mutate ( mutant ) to get the view.
次に、ビューを取得するために通常の関数mutate( mutant )を使用します。
2.By using the complementation test an unknown mutant can be rapidly assigned to a particular gene.
相補的試験を用いて、ある未知の突然変異型をある特定の遺伝子に迅速に帰属させることができる。
3.When the cells were then shifted to an enriched medium,the mutant cells proliferated.
次に、細胞を栄養培養液に移したとき、突然変異型細胞が増殖した。
4.Inhibition of chlorophyl synthesis may be caused by etiolation, mutant blocks,or streptomycin.