mutation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

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mutation (plural mutations)

1. any alteration or change
2. (genetics) Any heritable change in the base-pair sequence of genetic material, namely DNA (or RNA in the case of some viruses).
3. a mutant

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• mutate

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