mutation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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mutation (plural mutations)
- any alteration or change
- (genetics) Any heritable change in the base-pair sequence of genetic material, namely DNA (or RNA in the case of some viruses).
- a mutant
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heritable change in genetic material