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Noun Concept
Categories: Evolutionary biology, Radiation health effects, Mutation, Articles with short description, Molecular evolution
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mutation  genetic mutation  chromosomal mutation  Germinal mutation  Acquired genetic mutation
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(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism WordNet 3.0
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In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Wikipedia
Change in the sequence of an organism's genetic material. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material. Wiktionary
Heritable change in genetic material. Wiktionary (translation)