Mutation testing — For the biological term, see: Gene mutation analysis. Software Testing portal Mutation testing (or Mutation analysis or Program mutation) is a method of software testing, which involves modifying programs source code or byte code in small ways … Wikipedia
Experimental evolution — In evolutionary biology, the field of experimental evolution is concerned with testing hypotheses and theories of evolution by use of controlled experiments. Evolution can be observed in the laboratory as populations adapt to new environmental… … Wikipedia
Nonsense mutation — In genetics, a nonsense mutation is a point mutation in a sequence of DNA that results in a premature stop codon, or a nonsense codon in the transcribed mRNA, and in a truncated, incomplete, and usually nonfunctional protein product. It differs… … Wikipedia
A Taste of Mutation — Infobox Album Name = A Taste of Mutation Type = EP Artist = Praxis Released = 1992 Recorded = Greenpoint Studio, New York in 1992 Genre = Avant garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy metal, Electronic music Length = 21:07 Label = Axiom Producer =… … Wikipedia
White (mutation) — white was the first sex linked mutation ever discovered in Drosophila melanogaster . In 1910 Thomas Hunt Morgan, (or, legend has it, his wife) collected a single male white eyed mutant from a population of Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies,… … Wikipedia
evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
Evolution — This article is about evolution in biology. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to evolution. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… … Universalium
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… … Universalium