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mutation

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(Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any alteration or change.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A mutant.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An alteration in 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. (countable, uncountable) The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
  6. (collective, countable, noun, rare, uncountable) A group of thrushes.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mjuˈteɪʃən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio
mutacioun
In summary

Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.

Related words
mutations evolutionary evolution variation variants consequence characteristic

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