Sentences with phrase «growing number of mutations»

For one thing, an ever - growing number of mutations seemed to be needed — dozens, in some cases — which he found implausible.

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But the mutations from a growing number of older fathers may also account for a portion of the recent increase in autism.

Over the last decade, mutations that cause ALS have been found in a growing number of genes that encode RNA - binding proteins.

«This mutation is one of a growing number of deCODE discoveries of relatively low frequency sequence variants with large effect,» said Kari Stefansson, deCODE's CEO and senior author of the study.