mutation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
genetics
human-sciences
law
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Late 14th century as Middle English mutacioun, from Latin mūtātiō, both directly and via Old French mutacion.
Inflected forms:
form: mutations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mutat.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any alteration or change.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics.
gloss: A mutant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A group of thrushes.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
noun
rare
uncountable
examples: Birdwatchers would enjoy a host of sparrows, a herd of swans, a descent of woodpeckers, a herd of wrens, and mutation of thrushes.
Names for a group: A flute or mutation of thrushes.
A Mutation of Thrushes
The authors of the books of venery were not predicting Darwin with this term, but taking a cue from a common fable of the time.
Related words: hypermutate
hypermutated
hypomutate
hypomutated
macromutate
macromutated
micromutate
micromutated
mutability
mutable
mutafacient
mutagen
mutagenesis
mutagenetic
mutagenic
mutant
mutatability
mutatable
mutate
mutated
mutator
mutatory
Derived words: animutation
antimutation
aspirate mutation
backmutation
ectomutation
endomutation
epimutation
extramutation
frameshift mutation
hard mutation
heteromutation
homomutation
hypermutation
hypomutation
i-mutation
intermutation
intramutation
intromutation
macromutation
macromutational
macromutationism
macromutationist
megamutation
mesomutation
micromutation
micromutational
micromutationism
micromutationist
missense mutation
mixed mutation
multimutation
mutational
mutationally
mutationism
mutationist
mutationless
mutation pressure
nasal mutation
neomutation
nonmutation
nonsense mutation
oncomutation
paramutation
pentamutation
phosphomutation
point mutation
postmutation
premutation
radiomutation
remutation
retromutation
silent mutation
soft mutation
spirant mutation
stereomutation
ultramutation
vowel mutation
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