MUTATION


Meaning of MUTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ myü-ˈtā-shən ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1. : a significant and basic alteration : change

2. : umlaut

3.

a. : a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up genes ; also : the process of producing a mutation

b. : an individual strain or trait resulting from mutation

• mu·ta·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

• mu·ta·tion·al·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.