mutation

Nouns

  • (n) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration mutant, sport, variation,
  • (n) (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation,
  • (n) a change or alteration in form or qualities

Synonyms

mutant sport variation chromosomal mutation genetic mutation

Words of close approximity

mutative
mutational