what does mutation mean?
MUTATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- a change or alteration in form or qualities
Hypernyms(s) mutation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure
- any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
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Hypernyms(s) mutation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
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Hypernyms(s) mutation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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