1. showing or characterized by extreme variation; having a high degree of variability
Usage: commonly used in genetics and immunology to describe regions of DNA or proteins with high mutation rates

Examples

• The hypervariable regions of antibodies allow the immune system to recognize thousands of different antigens.
• Genetic markers in hypervariable regions are useful for DNA fingerprinting in forensic analysis.
• The virus exhibits hypervariable surface proteins that help it evade the immune response.
• Scientists studied the hypervariable segments of the gene to understand population diversity.
• Hypervariable microsatellites are commonly used in paternity testing.