Mutation
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In biology, a mutation is the alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.
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Etymology
Late 14th century, from Latin mutationem, both directly and via Old French mutacion, form of Latin mūtō (“I move, I change, I vary”).[1]
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See also
- Antioxidant
- Budgerigar colour genetics
- Deletion (genetics)
- Ecogenetics
- evolutionary change.
- Embryology
- Homeobox
- Metamorphosis
- Mutant
- Polyploidy
- Robertsonian translocation
- Shapeshifting
- Signature-tagged mutagenesis
- Somatic hypermutation
- TILLING (molecular biology)
- Trinucleotide repeat expansion
- Human somatic variations|colwidth=30em}}
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