Mutation vs. Variation

Mutationnoun

Any alteration or change.

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(genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.

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A mutant.

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(linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.

Mutationnoun

A group of thrushes.

Mutationnoun

Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.

Mutationnoun

Gradual definitely tending variation, such as may be observed in a group of organisms in the fossils of successive geological levels.

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As now employed (first by de Vries), a cellular process resulting in a sudden inheritable variation (the offspring differing from its parents in some well-marked character or characters) as distinguished from a gradual variation in which the new characters become fully developed only in the course of many generations. The occurrence of mutations, the selection of strains carrying mutations permitting enhanced survival under prevailing conditions, and the mechanism of hereditary of the characters so appearing, are well-established facts; whether and to what extent the mutation process has played the most important part in the evolution of the existing species and other groups of organisms is an unresolved question.

Mutationnoun

a variant strain of an organism in which the hereditary variant property is caused by a mutation{3}.

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(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

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(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

Mutationnoun

a change or alteration in form or qualities

Mutation

In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, mitosis, or meiosis or other types of damage to DNA (such as pyrimidine dimers caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation), which then may undergo error-prone repair (especially microhomology-mediated end joining), cause an error during other forms of repair, or cause an error during replication (translesion synthesis). Mutations may also result from insertion or deletion of segments of DNA due to mobile genetic elements.Mutations may or may not produce detectable changes in the observable characteristics (phenotype) of an organism.

Variationnoun

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing

Variationnoun

A related but distinct thing.

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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.

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(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.

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(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.

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(genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.

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(astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.

Variationnoun

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.

Variationnoun

Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.

Variationnoun

Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.

Variationnoun

Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.

Variationnoun

One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.

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an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

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an activity that varies from a norm or standard;

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a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

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something a little different from others of the same type;

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an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard;

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the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

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(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

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(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

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(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

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the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard;

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a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits

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a deviation of a celestial body from its mean orbit or motion.

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a change in the value of a function due to small changes in the values of its argument or arguments.

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the angular difference between true north and magnetic north at a particular place.

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the occurrence of an organism in more than one distinct colour or form.

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a different or distinct form or version of something

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a version of a theme, modified in melody, rhythm, harmony, or ornamentation, so as to present it in a new but still recognizable form

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a solo dance as part of a performance