How to Use genetic code in a Sentence

genetic code

noun
  • What's more, this lab can give the genetic code of the virus while still in the field.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The genetic code is central to life.
    — ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Some experts are quick to note that not all changes to the virus’s genetic code are cause for alarm.
    — Amina Khan Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Did something in the genetic code cause her son to suffer like this?
    — Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Their number of limbs is immutable, set by their genetic code.
    — Rasha Aridi, Science | AAAS, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Their genetic code leads younger kids to explore the world around them and learn how to behave.
    — Rebecca Renner, National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2020
  • It can be used to alter the human genetic code and cure diseases.
    — Per Kristian Hong, STAT, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Its letters are arranged in a sequence that spells out the genetic code.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • This time not by jets but a microscopic strand of genetic code.
    — Peter Kaminsky, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2021
  • In the case of food, that threat is protein your genetic code doesn’t recognize.
    — Abby Langer, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Instead, the test may be picking up fragments of the virus's genetic code.
    — NBC News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Viral variants are new versions of a virus that arise as a result of small changes in its genetic code.
    — Sarah Toy, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2021
  • In all the frenetic viral cloning, there can be small errors in the copies of genetic code.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 May 2020
  • The beginning and end of its genetic code were present, but the middle was missing.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Each of these mutations and deletions refers to a single change in the virus' genetic code.
    — Grace Wade, Health.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The latter, for which results can take a day or more to come back from a lab, detect pieces of the virus’s genetic code.
    — Tara Santora, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Humans share much of their genetic code with other animals, from fruit flies and worms to dogs and apes.
    — NBC News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • New variants emerge when mutations occur in the genetic code of the virus.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • But naturally, that genetic code was in rough shape.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But sometimes, as the genetic code from each parent divides and replicates, changes are made.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • During a cool phase, a protein latches onto the genetic code of the virus and creates a short copy.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
  • Used only in clinical trials so far, these vaccines are based on a bit of the pathogen's genetic code.
    — USA Today, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Most of the traits in a high-agency leader are deeply embodied in the genetic code of a founder’s mindset.
    — Stephen Miles, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Nature had to find a different route, a better shortcut to the genetic code.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Kind of a scary thing to me, to think about what this world is going to be like if all of our genetic codes are in a computer database.
    — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Research has found that cats share a large amount of their genetic code with humans, more so than many other mammals like dogs, cows and mice.
    — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Now, Cushman and his team want to build off the lines of genetic code that give desert plants their superpowers.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The only difference would be a few lines of genetic code that would ever so slightly change the shape of the spike protein.
    — Deborah Fuller, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Once these spike proteins can unlock the cells, the infection spreads by replicating the genetic code of the virus.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 23 June 2021
  • The army belongs to you now, and by the way, this planet-scorching space force sprouted from the genetic code of a guy who just tried to kill your friend.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2019

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