'mutation' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'mutation' with 2 example sentences.
- mutation noun
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: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
: a change or alteration in form or qualities
Without the random mutation of genes there would be no evolution.
This disease is caused by a rare genetic mutation.