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Mutation

noun

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration. Synonyms: mutant, sport, variation.

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism. Synonyms: chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation.

A change or alteration in form or qualities.

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... factors in evolution appear at first sight to be very diverse: selection, mutation, climatological, physical and chemical ...

— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... finds you off your guard. I was sure, in your calm way, you would be prepared for sudden mutation. I always think you stand in the world like a solitary but watchful, thoughtful archer in a wood. And the quiver on your shoulder holds more arrows than one; your bow is provided with a second string. Such too is your ...

— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte

... kind. All the variations of species current are, therefore, examples of this continuous process of descent with adaptive modifications. The origin of the human species came about through just such a variation or mutation from one of the higher mammals (we have reason to believe, a species similar to that of the anthrapoid ape). Man's ancestry, it seems, from the scientific evidence which has been marshaled, may be traced back biologically, in an almost unbroken ...

— Human Traits and their Social Significance • Irwin Edman

... mental traits plans something different from social usages or industrial life which changes tradition and modifies the customs and habits of the mass. Whether he be statesman, inventor, philosopher, scientist, discoverer, or military leader, he usually receives credit for the great progressive mutation which he has originated. There can be little progress without these few fertile brains, just as there could be little progress unless they were supported by the laborers who carry out the plans of the genius. While the "unknown man" ...

— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar

... graphic representation," Gerd said. "You know, that line's so sharp I'd be tempted to think of sapience as a result of mutation, except that I can't quite buy the same mutation happening in the same way ...

— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper

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