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Definition of Mutation

1. Noun. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

2. Noun. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism.

3. Noun. A change or alteration in form or qualities.

Definition of Mutation

1. n. Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.

2. n. Gradual definitely tending variation, such as may be observed in a group of organisms in the fossils of successive geological levels.

Definition of Mutation

1. Noun. any alteration or change ¹

2. Noun. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material ¹

3. Noun. a mutant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mutation

1. the act of changing [n -S] : MUTATIVE [adj]

Medical Definition of Mutation

1. 1. A change in form, quality or some other characteristic. 2. A permanent transmissible change in the genetic material, usually in a single gene. Also, an individual exhibiting such a change. Also called (in classical genetics) a sport. Origin: L. Mutatio from mutare = to change This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutation

mutants mutarotase mutarotation mutarotations mutasarrif mutasarrifs mutase mutases mutasynthesis mutate

mutated mutated contraction mutates mutatin' mutating mutation (current term) mutation rate mutational mutational frequency mutationally

mutationless mutations mutatis characteribus mutatis mutandis mutative mutator mutators mutatory mutawa mutaween

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