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Noun: genetic mutation
  1. (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
    - mutation, chromosomal mutation

Derived forms: genetic mutations

Type of: alteration, change, modification

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