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mutation
  1. Any alteration or change.
  2. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
  3. A mutant.
  4. (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.
  5. (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Singer notes well the various analogies between mutation and more prosaic political and cultural concerns.”
      “The probability of producing a subsequent beneficial mutation will then also increase.”
      “Every known mutation has either decreased information content or was informationally neutral.”
mutant
  1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
  2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
  3. (computing) Synonym of mutex
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The talking head voices her objection from the pan and begins to communicate telepathically with a horrific mutant that the doctor has locked up in a nearby closet.”
mutagenicity
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being mutagenic
  2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is mutagenic
  3. Examples:
    1. “The residues were redissolved in DMSO for analysis of polynuclear aromatic compounds and for the mutagenicity test.”
      “And mutagenicity is of course a bad thing, because increased DNA damage is generally held to be a factor in carcinogenesis.”
      “A high sulfur content of the fuel and high engine speeds and loads are associated with an increase in mutagenicity of diesel exhaust particles.”
mutationism
  1. A theory emphasizing mutation as a creative principle and source of discontinuity in evolutionary change, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics.
  2. Examples:
    1. Mutationism was opposed by many naturalists, particularly biometricians like Briton Karl Pearson who defended Darwinian natural selection as the major cause of evolution.”
mutagen
  1. any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The ultraviolet radiation in natural sunlight was later identified as a mutagen.”
      “One possible explanation for these exceptional findings might be contamination of the ethanol with a mutagen.”
      “The flame retardant, tris phosphate, which is a mutagen and causes cancer and sterility in animals is absorbed from fabric by people.”
mutator
  1. That which causes mutation or change.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.”
      “For example, the Saboteur mutator turns a solitaire puzzle into a three-player game.”
      “A mutator changes the signature with the help of random numbers generator and a simple mathematic algorithm.”
mutationist
  1. One who believes in the theory of mutationism.
mutagenesis
  1. (genetics) The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Plants for mutagenesis were the progeny of one pair of plants from this inbred population.”
      “Similar arguments and requirements apply to mutants created by transposon mutagenesis.”
      “In this way, ellagic acid effectively increases detoxification of carcinogens and reduces mutagenesis and tumourigenesis.”
mutagenicities
  1. plural of mutagenicity
  2. Examples:
    1. “Comparative investigation on the mutagenicities of organophosphate, phthalimide, pyrethroid and carbamate insecticides by the Ames and Iactam tests.”
mutageneses
  1. plural of mutagenesis
mutationists
  1. plural of mutationist
mutations
  1. plural of mutation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In any case, these low estimates are in at least qualitative agreement with other evidence suggesting the recessivity of beneficial mutations.”
      “It is presumed that the very creation of life spawned from the song of its constant aleatoric mutations.”
      “It is proposed that the effects of the selected mutations were propagated into the active site through groups of interacting residues.”
mutagens
  1. plural of mutagen
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Among the mutagens that have been used to induce mutations, chemical mutagens administered in various ways have become especially popular.”
      “Many carcinogens and mutagens have to be metabolized before their mutagenic activity can be detected.”
      “After centrifugation, the cell pellet was processed for microgel electrophoresis to determine sensitivity to mutagens.”
mutators
mutants
  1. plural of mutant
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Those magnificent mutants return for an action-packed sequel that knocks spots off the original movie and leaves you itching for more.”
      “All the respiratory-deficient mutants previously isolated in our laboratory have been induced by treatment with acriflavine or ethidium bromide.”
      “This indicated that these mutants had point mutations and not exon deletion or insertion.”
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