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mu·ta·tionBrE /mjuːˈteɪʃn/ NAmE /mjuːˈteɪʃn/ noun [U , C ](biology生物) a process in which the geneticmaterial of a person , a plant or an animal changes in structure when it is passed on to children , etc ., causing different physical characteristics to develop ; a change of this kind (生物物种的)突变,变异◆ cells affected by mutation 受到突变影响的细胞◆ genetic mutations 基因突变biology , biotechnology , breed , cell , chromosome , DNA , gene , mutation , organism , protein [U , C ]a change in the form or structure of sth (形式或结构的)转变,改变◆ (linguistics语言学) vowel mutation 元音变化 |