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mutation
noun [C/U] /mjuˈteɪ·ʃən/Definition
› biology the change that happens in an organism’s genes which produces differences that are passed to new organisms by reproduction, or the process of this change
(Definition of mutation noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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