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English noun: mutation | |||
| 1. | mutation (person) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | ||
| Synonyms | mutant, sport, variation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | being, organism | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 2. | mutation (event) (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism | ||
| Synonyms | chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deletion, gene mutation, inversion, point mutation, reversion, saltation, transposition | ||
| Part holonym | mutagenesis | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 3. | mutation (event) a change or alteration in form or qualities | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
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