Synonyms for mutation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : myoo-tey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : myuˈteɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for mutation

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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