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