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Word: Mutation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin mutatio(n-), from mutare ‘to change’
mjuːˈteɪʃn
the action or process of mutating
Short Definition:action or process of mutating
Examples:- the mutation of punk's angry energy into something more mindless
- his first novel went through several mutations
the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes
Short Definition:changing of structure of gene
Examples:- mutation is, ultimately, the only way in which new variation enters the species
regular change of a sound when it occurs adjacent to another.
Short Definition:regular change of sound
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