Antonyms for mutation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : myoo-tey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : myuˈteɪ ʃən |
Definition of mutation
Origin :- late 14c., "action of changing," from Old French mutacion (13c.), and directly from Latin mutationem (nominative mutatio) "a changing, alteration, a turn for the worse," noun of action from past participle stem of mutare "to change" (see mutable). Genetic sense is from 1894.
- noun metamorphosis
- Time is, therefore, not a factor in the mutation of species.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- Apart from every thing else, it was a mournful witness to the world's mutation.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- The situation is not symmetrical because the mutation is not complete.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
- A rough-hewn resemblance is first brought about by a process of mutation.
- Extract from : « Mimicry in Butterflies » by Reginald Crundall Punnett
- Here we seem to have a plain statement of the origin of new forms by mutation.
- Extract from : « The Making of Species » by Douglas Dewar
- These furnish us with an example of a mutation in the other direction.
- Extract from : « The Making of Species » by Douglas Dewar
- The phenomenon of mutation is not confined to animals in a state of domestication.
- Extract from : « The Making of Species » by Douglas Dewar
- I submit that the species arose as a mutation from A. tristis.
- Extract from : « Glimpses of Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar
- Is mutation a factor in the evolution of higher vertebrates.
- Extract from : « American Weasels » by E. Raymond Hall
- Mutation or change is the passing from one state into another.
- Extract from : « The Mormon Doctrine of Deity » by B. H. Roberts
Synonyms for mutation
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