Difference between revisions of "Mutation"

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A radical chemical change in one or more [[allele]]s of an [[organism]].
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Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines a '''mutation''' as  "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 [[Gene|genes]]; also : the process of producing a mutation." [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/mutation]
  
 
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[[Category:Biology]]

Revision as of 04:14, March 18, 2007

Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines a mutation as "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." [1]