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mutate verb

  /mjuːˈteɪt/ , /ˈmju.teɪt/
  • (intransitive) To undergo mutation.
 muter

mutation noun

  /mjuˈteɪʃən/
  • Any alteration or change.
  • (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
  • (linguistics) 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.
 mutation

mutational adjective

  • Of, pertaining to, or the result of mutation
 mutationnel

mutator

gène mutateur
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