mutation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /mjuˈteɪʃən/

Noun

mutation

1. Any alteration or change.
2. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
3. A mutant.
4. (linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
5. (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.

Translations

• French: mutation
• German: Mutation
• Portuguese: mutação
• Russian: мута́ция
• Spanish: mutación

Translations

• French: mutation
• German: Mutation
• Portuguese: mutação

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