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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmutação
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mutacao
"A mutação pode ocorrer espontaneamente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations.
"A genetic mutation can sometimes cause hereditary diseases."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin mutatio(n-), from mutare 'to change'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "mutation" is said worldwide
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mutation
Transliteration: mutation
"Cette mutation génétique est rare."
Mutation
Transliteration: Mutation
"Die Mutation führte zu neuen Eigenschaften."
mutazione
Transliteration: mutazione
"La mutazione genetica è stata analizzata in laboratorio."
mutación
Transliteration: mutacion
"Los científicos estudian la mutación del virus."
mutação
Transliteration: mutacao
"A mutação pode ocorrer espontaneamente."
उत्परिवर्तन
Transliteration: utparivartan
"जीन में उत्परिवर्तन से नई विशेषताएँ आ सकती हैं।"
突变
Transliteration: túbiàn
"科学家们正在研究这种病毒的突变。"
돌연변이
Transliteration: dol-yeon-byeon-i
"이 돌연변이는 생존에 유리할 수 있습니다."
突然変異
Transliteration: totsuzen hen'i
"その遺伝子には突然変異が見つかりました。"
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