An inheritable change in genetic material.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
mutation (noun)1.
a significant and basic alteration - change
2.
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3.
a) a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up genes , also the process of producing a mutation
b) an individual, strain, or trait resulting from mutation
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