"alter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

alter verbo

alter + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 64
alter one's appearance • alter one's plans • alter one's behavior • alter one's life • alter the course • alter one's perception • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(8) fact, reality
Kolokacji: 2
(9) name, gene
Kolokacji: 2
1. alter one's name = zmieniać czyjś imię alter one's name
2. alter genes = zmień geny alter genes
  • Laboratory research has shown that altering single genes can extended the lifespan of species of worms and fruit flies.
  • Cloning is a prerequisite for genetic engineering, the process of altering or adding genes to an embryo.
  • Finally, by altering genes and inserting them into animals, scientists will be able to study how the proteins the genes produce act in the body.
  • Dr. Billings says he has safety concerns about the technology and warns that altering genes may prove an exercise in hubris.
  • Besides, what matters is not *whether* he has altered genes, but what those genetic changes, if he has them, might lead him to do.
  • Forward genetics can be thought of as a counter to reverse genetics, which seeks to alter genes in order to illuminate their multiple phenotypes.
  • Is it morally acceptable to alter human genes in an embryo, he wonders, thereby irrevocably influencing the course of human evolution?
  • Domestication is the process by which humans alter the morphology and genes of targeted organisms in order to select for desirable traits.
  • Altering genes by transplanting them from different species instead of crossbreeding related varieties, bioengineers have already made corn and potatoes more resistant to insect pests.
  • The biggest issue with ZFNs is accidentally altering genes besides the target gene.
(12) detail, data
Kolokacji: 2
(13) interaction, probability
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + alter
Kolokacji: 7
try to alter • involve altering • begin altering • consider altering • propose altering • ...
alter + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
alter by • altered in • altered from • alter for • altered with • ...
alter + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
significantly alter • radically alter • slightly altered • drastically alter • fundamentally alter • dramatically alter • substantially altered • ...

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