Associations to the word «Mutation»

Wiktionary

MUTATION, noun. Any alteration or change.
MUTATION, noun. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
MUTATION, noun. A mutant.
MUTATION, noun. (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.
MUTATION, noun. (rare) A collective noun for a collection of thrushes.

Dictionary definition

MUTATION, noun. (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.
MUTATION, noun. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism.
MUTATION, noun. A change or alteration in form or qualities.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy