Genetic Function
mutation Audio
mu·ta·tion [ myoo-tey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Variation (Genetics)
Etymology:
Latin mutare = to change
Definitions related to mutation:
  • Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The process by which a change occurs in genetic material and is inherited by the next generation.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Mutation, an alteration in the genetic material (the genome) of a cell of a living organism or of a virus that is more or less permanent and that can be transmitted to the cell's or the virus's descendants. (The genomes of organisms are all composed of DNA, whereas viral genomes can be of DNA or...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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